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• Internode gets Telstra ADSL2+ access

  ISP Internode has signed a wholesale deal with Telstra to get access to the larger telco's ADSL2+ broadband network from next month.

• TPG signals DSLAM rollout

  Internet Service Provider TPG is poised to unveil plans to roll out its own ADSL broadband infrastructure.

• iiNet starts voice network rollout

  Telco iiNet has started rolling out voice hardware known as MSANs into telephone exchanges, allowing it to supply its own fixed-line telephony services directly to customers.

• Naked DSL extends broadband reach

  Within two months, Internode will tackle customers who have previously sat in ADSL black spots, by offering its new naked service up to seven kilometres from its own exchange network.

• Telstra holding customers back from higher speeds, ISPs claim

  Several of Australia's largest ISPs are saying that Telstra could give up to 8Mbit/s ADSL speeds to broadband consumers right now, and could have 5 years ago when ADSL was first introduced. But Telstra says there's no demand for higher speeds.

Blogs (12)

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  Labor or Liberal, it's Telstra's election

  If there was ever evidence that the stoush over broadband had gotten personal, it came when Telstra's sour-grapes mentality led it to sue Helen Coonan, personally, for claimed procedural flaws in the OPEL contract.

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  And the NBN winner is...

  Next week the government will announce the winning bidder for the build of the National Broadband Network. The announcement is expected when Kevin Rudd returns from the G20 in London.

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  Et tu, Internode?

  Is Hackett the Saruman the once-good wizard who is seduced by the dark powers of Sauron of my recent Lord of the Rings scenario? Is something rotten in Renmark and elsewhere?

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  Tasmanian Premier Bartlett talks NBN

  In today's Twisted Wire, Tasmanian Premier David Bartlett explains his vision for a broadband enabled Tasmania, that will "leapfrog every other nation on earth".

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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.

Features and Case Studies (6)

• NEC goes for VoIP

  NEC's business-grade broadband wholesale division, NEXTEP, is tooling up its national network to provide Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) services, with a wireless offering also on the horizon.

• Quigley's job is straightforward

  NBN Company executive chairman Mike Quigley and six other board members to be named this week have a series of straightforward "buy or build" decisions to make about Australia's fibre future.

• Pipe Networks sell-out an absolute travesty

  The proposed buyout of Pipe Networks by SP Telemedia is an absolute travesty for Australia's telecommunications industry and will be overwhelmingly negative for customers, Pipe Networks staff, shareholders and the industry as a whole.

• Time for a regulation rethink

  Loosening the regulatory controls on Telstra might actually make it easier to attract customers away from its copper network and onto the new and shiny National Broadband Network.

• 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.

Reviews (1)

• Broadband: Which plan is for you?

  The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

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