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  • WA calls for broadband vendors

    The Western Australian state government today invited private sector groups to register their interest in building its planned AU$1 billion statewide broadband network (SBN).

  • iiNet to buy Westnet for $81 million

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

  • Bush schools and emergencies get Clever AU$9m

    The government has handed out over AU$9 million in two separate grants to bush schools and emergency services in Western Australia.

  • 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.

  • Satellite killed the radio comms in $21m WA network

    Medical information will soon be shooting across Western Australia's regional expanses, with the development of a new AU$21.3 million medical communications network which will cover 2.55 million square kilometres and reach 454,000 people.

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  • Bandwidth buffering solved

    For Australia's remote rural web users, relying on a dial-up modem has meant that video technology is still a long way off.

  • 3G: Not just for bankers

    3G mobile technology is a bit like getting a phone line installed: it'll be there next week, promise. By the time 3G arrives, will it be obsolete?

  • Worry-free wireless

    Everybody's going wireless—even those intruders who are after your precious data. Here's how to stop them.

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