Optus has decided to lease a new capacity from another unnamed carrier to prevent a network disaster such as Queensland's loss of internet, voice and mobile services last month.
Optus has opened a new AU$1 million data centre at its Sunshine exchange in Melbourne's west. The facility allows businesses to locate their servers on the carrier's Internet backbone, reducing the cost of high-bandwidth links.
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is shortly expected to announce during a trip to Darwin what areas of regional Australia will be targeted by the backhaul aspect of the government's National Broadband Network plans.
Internet service provider Exetel has blamed its upstream bandwidth provider Optus for network issues that have left around 3,000 ADSL broadband users in NSW stranded with slow speeds over the past few weeks.
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Bill Murray's weeks spent in the purgatory of Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania -- depicted in the amusing movie Groundhog Day -- have become a cultural sounding point, mentioned in passing to describe a situation where someone is stuck in the same painful, unresolvable situation day after day.
In the second of our two programs looking at the Senate Inquiry into the Telecommunications Legislation Amendment Bill, we hear from shareholders, bureaucrats and industry groups.
Legislation setting up the regulations for the National Broadband Network could be introduced to parliament as early as this week, which means Telstra will soon get some clarity about whether it's in a lot of trouble or just a little bit.
In a move which will significantly improve broadband services to the Australian market, New Skies Satellites is set to launch its first ever custom-built broadband satellite.
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?
Business process outsourcing (BPO) is on the rise, with traditional IT services companies moving into this space. ZDNet Australia looks at what is happening in this emerging market.
Australia's Easter Bilby faces a logistical nightmare ever year as it sets out to make its chocolate deliveries. ZDNet Australia asked a number of systems integrators how they would solve the Easter Bilby's computational conundrums.
The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.
Secrecy seems to shroud the data centre arena -- all well and good for security's sake, but not so great when trying to pick a provider. We pull back the curtains to find what data centre options exist in Australia.
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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