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  Telstra not sure if Next G works in the bush

  For all the horror stories of farmers left stranded by the shutdown of the CDMA network, there are plenty of success stories.

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  In CDMA hubbub, don't forget the broadband

  Last week, a family friend rang for some technical help. "Telstra sold me this wireless Internet service and they promised it would work both at my home and at my office," he said. Said home is in the Melbourne CBD, and said office is in Kyneton, a lovely town about an hour away from Melbourne.

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  2008: The year of making good

  It has been a busy year in telecoms, whether because of the increasingly bitter relationship between Telstra and the government; the awarding of the contentious but (finally) progressive broadband contract to OPEL; the pivotal election that led to a change of government; or the move of 3G mobile technology into the mainstream at last.

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  Now, the idiot box comes with you

  Tevye, the much loved protagonist of Fiddler on the Roof, was full of wisdom. "A bird may love a fish," he memorably said, "but where would they build a home together?"

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  In mundanity, Wi-Fi finds a new purpose

  What's the first thing you look at when you check into a hotel room? The bed? The view? The minibar?

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  Could they all just kiss and make up already?

  Australian telecoms is increasingly resembling the US during Prohibition, with Telstra as Al Capone and the ACCC as Eliot Ness.

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  When is broadband not broadband? When it's Next G

  In telecoms, Telstra is no 800 pound gorilla. It's an 800 pound colic-ridden infant, irritably throwing its toys out of the pram when it doesn't get its own way.

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