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    South Australian Internet Service Provider Adam Internet has announced that it would invest AU$9.6 million into a private next generation broadband network in Australia, independent of Telstra's exchanges.

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    A privatised, competition-driven telco industry may be to blame for Australia's insufficient broadband infrastructure, according to broadband technology exec Shaun Page.

  • The truth about Aust broadband technologies

    Is it the technology you can't do without or an expense you don't need? We examine the alternatives, pitfalls, myths, and benefits.

  • Internet space race

    Satellite-based Internet access is ready for lift-off, but when will it rocket past cable and DSL?

  • Optus in wide-scale DSL rollout

    Optus this morning announced a AU$150 million rollout of its own broadband Internet digital subscriber line (DSL) equipment to hundreds of exchanges around Australia.

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Blogs (3)

  • Is cable the answer to Australian broadband woes?

    What many of us may have forgotten is that there is already a perfectly acceptable technology for delivering triple-play services voice, TV and data over a single cable and doing it cost-effectively and at high volume.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Is cable the answer to our broadband woes?

    Somewhere along the line, it became assumed that xDSL technologies -- which run over the last-mile of wiring so tightly controlled by Telstra -- were the only way forward for Australian broadband.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Too little, too late, for the local loop?

    The news this week that Canberra-based TransACT was going to start rolling out fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services it announced in May, was at first intriguing.

Features and Case Studies (8)

  • Superfast DSL shows its pace

    Today's broadband could be relegated to slowcoach status as next-generation chips get ready to rumble - but only for townies.

  • Telstra 2.0 won't solve the problem

    Former Communications Minister Richard Alston writes that it is critically important to reinvigorate the competitive process in Australia's telecommunications industry with the National Broadband Network and not simply replace one behemoth with another.

  • Around the world in ... Fibre-to-the-home

    If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.

  • Broadband in Ballarat?

    Getting broadband to everyone in Australia should be a major concern for businesses and government.

  • VoIP: ROI in seven months for car dealership

    For Western Australia's DVG Automotive Group, the ability to move phone calls over a data network was just the beginning of a VoIP project that's on track to pay for itself in as little as seven months.

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