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  • UQ gives Queensland school 1Gbps Internet

    The University of Queensland is playing broadband Santa Claus to nearby schools, with its new service UQSchoolsNet.

  • Optus, iiNet crush Telstra in speed challenge

    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.

  • Telstra broadband down again

    Telstra's broadband customers have been forced to endure another lengthy service outage this morning after a routine software upgrade turned into a disaster for the telco.

  • Telstra puts broadband rollout in public's hands

    Telstra has launched an ADSL Demand Register to determine where there is enough demand to economically upgrade an exchange to be ADSL enabled.

  • More hiccups for BigPond ADSL users

    Telstra's BigPond ADSL service has had problems again this weekend, with users experiencing data flow difficulties and trouble browsing international Web sites.

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    Conroy scraps filter blacklist

    Communications minister Stephen Conroy today announced the controversial web filtering blacklist will be scrapped and be replaced with a whitelist-based filtering regime, to be administered by viewer voting through a family-friendly digital TV-only show called 'The White List'.

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  • Thin clients a permanent fixture at Maroochy Shire

    New technology gains legitimacy when it solves real business problems, but becomes indispensable when it offers to take that business in completely new directions. Such has been the case at Maroochy Shire Council, where a quite conventional thin-client rollout is now facilitating new ways of working for employees in the office and on the road.

  • The e-mail evolution

    ZDNet Australia looks at the ever-expanding pressures placed on in-house e-mail and weighs up the pros and cons of the outsourced alternatives.

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  • David Braue Can not-so-smart meters help the NBN?
    It was interesting to witness Conroy's recent enthusiasm to spruik the NBN's role in supporting the Smart Grid, Smart City initiative. What a pity that Conroy hadn't yet seen the damning report from the Victorian auditor-general about that state's smart-meter roll-out.
  • Array Can the Telco Reform Act be win-win?
    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.
  • Array Has New Zealand's smiling assassin delivered?
    One year into its tenure, how has the new New Zealand Government performed on issues of technology and telecommunications?
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