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    ASX-listed ISP iiNet is to buy fellow West Australian service provider Westnet for AU$81 million in cash.

  • iiNet confirms layoffs last week

    Despite a recent upbeat profit guidance, Western Australian ISP iiNet last week let go of a number of staff; but it won't divulge numbers.

  • Westnet braces for customer price backlash

    ISP Westnet has experienced a barrage of online criticism over planned price increases for its broadband plans, but the company says that it has no choice if it wishes to maintain a viable service.

  • 30,000 get naked with iiNet

    Australia's third-largest internet service provider iiNet today said it had signed up more than 30,000 local customers to its naked DSL service and more than 80,000 to its internet telephony offering.

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    The obvious candidates for consolidation in Australia's telecommunications sector are the 170 internet service providers that are scratching to make a living, but others include Dodo, M8 Telecom, Macquarie Telecom and Eftel.

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    Reading over the results from the Australian Broadband Survey for 2004 confirms what many ZDNet Australia readers have written about over the past year: Telstra drastically needs to improve its BigPond service.

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    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

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