A number of smaller ISPs have joined the broadband price war which flared last week between Telstra and Optus.
Customers of Optus and iiNet, along with users of TPG and Internode, have a much faster Internet connection than their Telstra-using counterparts, according to results generated by ZDNet Australia's Broadband Speedtest.
PlanetMirror co-founder Jason Andrades has hit back at criticisms from the broadband community its new premium download service is overpriced, but does concede the market for the product is "difficult and evolutionary".
It's been an exceptionally busy period for the nation's largest Internet service provider, but all for the wrong reasons.
Telstra's Internet price hikes have angered the Queensland Government and may have taken it out of the running for a major Internet service contract in northern Queensland.
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Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.
The Olympics are nearly over, and the Australian team deserves kudos for an excellent performance all around. Yet even as the Olympic sun sets on the Bird's Nest for the last time this weekend, millions of spectators around the world will be scanning their dials in the hope of finding something else to fill their viewing hours.
It's been an exceptionally busy period for the nation's largest Internet service provider, but all for the wrong reasons.
Telstra plans to launch in the next few days a mini help-desk software tool for its BigPond Internet customer base as part of its AU$100 million package to shore up its Internet service provider arm.
IBRS advisor Guy Cranswick argues that the use of net neutrality is an aggressive manoeuvre to retain market share and withhold change in the telecommunications market.
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.
iiNet and Telstra seem to be at loggerheads but the real culprit, according to the telco giant, is the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission.
BigPond, Internode and iiNet discuss whether the Australian ISP industry will see consolidation.
Former BigPond group managing director Justin Milne talks about whether there is a conflict between the ISP and cable TV provider Foxtel.
BigPond, iiNet and Internode discuss whether Australian ISPs will in the future use advertising to make money.
Australian ISPs have ambitions to become content providers as well as connection providers.
Australian ISPs BigPond, iiNet and Internode discuss the National Broadband Network's future ramifications.
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Modem manufacturer D-Link had been distributing one of its ADSL modems to some of Telstra's largest wholesale customers without the carrier's interoperability certification for around four months.
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