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The Victorian Minister for Information and Communications Technology has lashed out at the federal government saying it has not provided rural Victorians with adequate access to broadband technology despite the region's increasing demand.
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The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.
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.
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