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  • Australia's uncapped broadband data dream dies

    The dream of broadband without data limits is set to slip through Australians' fingers, as countries like the UK start to wave goodbye to their own uncapped plans.

  • Is OPEL overbuild good for Aussie broadband?

    An overlap between the OPEL network and existing wireless networks need not be a bad thing, according to analyst house Market Clarity.

  • Telstra: It's a B-grade slasher movie

    In what the telco likens to a B-grade movie, Telstra says its rivals have forgotten about the goals of the National Broadband Network (NBN) and are instead using it and the government to gain market advantage and tear the incumbent apart.

  • Australia a step closer to WiMAX

    Wireless broadband users in Australia could enjoy maximum surfing speeds of 75 megabits per second by mid-2006, analysts say.

  • Broadband is building - will content come?

    Australia's media and telecommunications industries were this week showing further positive signs of enthusiasm for broadband that has, to date, only been evident among the country's near regional trading partners and competitors.

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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 a step closer to WiMAX

    Wireless broadband users in Australia could enjoy maximum surfing speeds of 75 megabits per second by mid-2006, analysts say.

  • What is the NBN good for?

    Despite Communications Minister Stephen Conroy's assurances to the contrary, in my crystal ball I'm seeing a broadband price rise coming to millions of Australians once the National Broadband Network has been built.

  • The war against VoIP: How long can the telcos fight?

    Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology?

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