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News (228)

• Industry laments loss of Pipe Networks

  Pipe Networks' chief, Bevan Slattery, may have found his "cash-out" door from the company that helped internet service providers snub Telstra, but many of those customers are not happy that a direct competitor could now control it.

• Internode DSLAMs Victoria, Tasmania

  Internode will spend $10 million upgrading its ADSL2+ infrastructure in a move that will primarily benefit Victorian and Tasmanian customers.

• Pipe's Guam cable: What does it mean?

  Opinions are split amongst analysts, telcos and ISPs as to whether Pipe's new PPC-1 Sydney to Guam submarine cable will lead to lower broadband prices for Australians, but all agree the threat of its arrival, set for October, has had a positive impact already.

• UK gets 50Mbps broadband service

  Virgin Media has launched a 50Mbps cable broadband service in the UK.

• New copyright act to hit NZ ISPs

  2009 will force New Zealand's ISPs to come to grips with an amended Copyright Act, which includes a provision forcing them to disconnect customers who have allegedly infringed copyright.

Blogs (7)

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  Gutless studios have the wrong target

  I have one word for the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT). Gutless.

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  For Boyle's sake, an indecent proposal for ISPs

  It's been 345 years since physicist Robert Boyle published the experimental results confirming what is now known as Boyle's Law, which to paraphrase is: a gas will spread out to fill any available space.

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  Do we need the legislative blackmail?

  Virtually everyone in the telecommunications industry has their say in the Senate Standing Committee's public hearing into the pending legislation to split up Telstra, in this week's Twisted Wire podcast.

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  Will the NBN kill digital TV as we know it?

  As the NBN bypasses the airwaves and offers a new pipe into 90 per cent of Australia's homes, could long-languishing IPTV services spell the beginning of the end for TV as we know it?

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  Give me a ship, and a trading scheme to steer her by

  Watching the latest, hilarious stage in the Jimmy Kimmel-Matt Damon "feud" -- which racked up 2.5 million YouTube views in one day -- I was struck by a thought: who in the world is paying for all this bandwidth?

Features and Case Studies (47)

• Aussie ISPs have content ambitions

  Executives from several of Australia's largest internet service providers have over the past few months expressed their desire to become media companies in their own right.

• Australian naked DSL mega-roundup

  Since last November when iiNet very loudly launched its naked DSL product, "naked" has been on everybody's lips, and it seemed like everybody was in on it. Some, however have held out. This round-up of 13 ISPs looks into who's got it, who doesn't and who wants to.

• Can e-mail survive?

  E-mail has taken a battering over the last year or so with mountains of spam and viruses delivered to our mailboxes daily. Can the problem be fixed, and can e-mail still be free?

• An alternative to Exchange

  It would have been simple for one firm to replace its box of ISP accounts with Exchange, but costs and maintenance issues prompted the tech team to choose a new network appliance.

• That other broadband revolution

  While everyone was distracted by the NBN, a revolution was under way in the supply of fixed line broadband.

Reviews (35)

• Telstra CDMA 1xRTT Communication Card

  Telstra's wireless CDMA 1x network is for Australian road warriors who don't mind paying big bucks for maximum mobility.

• Australian ISP Shootout

  The Internet is in the process of taking over our lives, so if you aren't connected, maybe it is time you were.

• Clock Your Connection Speed

  Is your ISP delivering on its promises of fast Internet connectivity? Use NetPerSec to call its bluff.

• iBurst Wireless Card

  iBurst is a superb wireless broadband solution that's highly useful for the mobile business user, but users who don't require portability will likely find its price to be a deal breaker.

• First Take: BlackBerry 8700

  The BlackBerry 8700 series is ideal for mobile professionals who require always-on e-mail access, but it's not so good for non-business users.

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