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  • 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.

  • Trujillo aims to 'blow everyone out of the water'

    Telstra's plans to switch on ADSL2+ across 900 exchanges throughout the country may have a substantial destabilising effect on the communications market, and alter the national carriers relationship with government and regulators, according to a report.

  • Telstra hits back at ADSL2+ chicken jibes

    Telstra has hit back at accusations from rivals that its decision to turn on ADSL2+ in 900 exchanges across Australia was the latest example of the telco "losing a game of chicken with the government".

  • iiNet leaps out and exposes naked DSL

    WA based ISP iiNet has launched its naked DSL service today -- where customers can take broadband without an accompanying phone line -- the first of its kind to be made available on a large scale basis in Australia.

  • Telstra stretches ADSL coverage

    Telstra is testing the limits of its ADSL broadband to see if it can offer the service to customers who are living beyond the current range of the technology.

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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?

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  • The rights and wrongs of WiMax

    When the government announced that Optus and Elders had won the bid to build Australia's bush broadband network, it provoked jeers and plaudits alike, but it was the ISPs' choice of WiMax as the bearer technology that has provoked the most furious storm of argument. Just how will the technology stand up to life in the bush?

  • Australia: broadband backwater or trailblazer?

    Is Australia leading or lagging in the broadband stakes? Well, it depends on who you ask.

  • Finding the perfect teleworking tools

    Technology is allowing workers to stay in contact no matter where they are. How do you choose the right combination of hardware, software, data transport, and voice transport, then secure the whole lot and make sure your organisation is set up to take advantage?

  • 2002 - The year that was

    ZDNet Australia takes a long hard look at the top tech stories of 2002, a year characterised by corporate collapses, broadband proliferation and slow recovery.

  • Internet VPNs: the WAN and the light?

    They promise low-cost connectivity that could make conventional, expensive WANs a thing of the past. But can roll-your-own Internet VPNs really deliver?

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  • Banking on broadband

    Thousands of SMEs are expected to move to DSL broadband by the end of the year. ZDNet Australia examines the industry and shows how to navigate this competitive and confusing market.

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