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News (35)

• Broadband Connect gets another AU$20m

  The federal government has allocated an additional AU$20 million to cover a shortfall in funding for the Broadband Connect rural broadband subsidy.

• ISPs unprepared for ending of rural subsidies

  Regional ISPs should have been better prepared for the demise of the Broadband Connect subscriber subsidy program.

• Government pursues bush ISP debts

  The federal government today said it was considering legal action as it attempted to recover debts owed by Internet service provider (ISP) BushCom.

• Coonan bends on rural ISP subsidies

  update: Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan will allow regional Internet service providers left in the lurch by the sudden closure of a federal subsidy to claim funds under a replacement program.

• Telstra Wholesale bows out of Broadband Connect

  Telstra will not participate as a wholesale provider in the federal government's new AU$878 million subsidised rural broadband scheme, leaving a number of smaller ISPs unable to provide new government-subsidised broadband to the bush without building their own infrastructure.

Blogs (2)

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  Note to Howard: Sometimes, you get what you asked for

  It's hardly news that Telstra's corporate philosophy has become one of incessant whinging and strongarming since CEO Sol Trujillo rolled into town, but over the past week the company took its rhetoric to another level ...

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  DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

  If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

Features and Case Studies (6)

• Call to arms against cybercrooks

  The CTO of betting exchange Betfair says that more cross-industry cooperation is needed to prevent denial-of-service attacks against online businesses.

• A globetrotter's guide to cyber crime

  Is the war on cyber crime as simple as pointing the finger at China, Russia and the US? We investigate whether these parts of the world are being unfairly blamed.

• Developing an Australian culture of security

  Sydney has been the host city for recent discussions between the OECD expert group on global information security, Australia's Internet Industry Association and the US Internet Industry Association on how the new security environment will impact the Internet in Australia, and how our information infrastructure can be made more secure from terrorist attacks.

• Aust broadband: bottom of the ladder

  Thirty or so years since the birth of the Internet, we seem to be at a technological standstill when it comes to access speeds and bandwidth. If it is meant to be a superhighway, why does it feel like a back road?

• Search ends for Australia's best IT employer

  Find out which company bagged the grand prize. Meanwhile, Techex and Westnet tied for the first runner-up position while storage vendor EMC Australia bagged the third runner-up spot.

Reviews (1)

• The broadband route: 12 routers tested

  Looking for an easy way to extend that broadband connection to more of your organisation's PCs? One of these broadband routers could be the solution.

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