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• Aust broadband surges on competition intervention

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has moved to take partial credit for a surge in digital subscriber line (DSL) take-up which has seen the technology poised to surpass cable as the pre-eminent broadband medium

• New DSL standard offers faster speeds

  An emerging high-speed Internet standard in Europe holds potential for faster download speeds and broader availability for many businesses--if they're willing to wait a while.

• Decline in broadband growth halted: ACCC

  Growth in the number of Australian broadband users halted its precipitous decline in the first quarter of 2003, according to figures released in the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission's Snapshot of Broadband Deployment.

• Optus unveils new Internet plans

  Optus has released new plans for its cable broadband and dial-up Internet products, but potential OptusNet DSL customers will have to wait until March for new pricing.

• Bell tolling for DSL?

  The suspension this week of rules regarding local phone competition could play havoc with fast-growing broadband services in the US, experts said, bolstering the position of the Bells at the expense of smaller players and of consumers.

Blogs (5)

• 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.

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  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.

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  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.

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  The longest last mile

  How much should Telstra be charging for unconditioned local loop?

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  Just how fast is fast, anyway?

  There's something immensely gratifying about accomplishing the seemingly impossible -- particularly in IT, where pundits regularly proclaim that a particular technology has hit its physical limits.

Features and Case Studies (54)

• Still need broadband? Satellite may be the answer

  Consider this scenario: DSL, ISDN, and cable aren't available. Dedicated lines are too pricey. Wireless is limited to line-of-sight. If your company needs broadband, you have another option: satellite.

• Australian naked DSL mega-roundup

  Since last November when iiNet very loudly launched its naked DSL product, "naked" has been on everybody's lips, and it seemed like everybody was in on it. Some, however have held out. This round-up of 13 ISPs looks into who's got it, who doesn't and who wants to.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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.

Reviews (75)

• Is broadband right for you? Here are nine signs that it isn't

  Recently I asked how many of you still use a telephone line to connect to the Internet. The result? Plenty of you still use the good old standby, the dial-up modem. That wasn't really a surprise, although from what you read in magazines and on Web sites you'd think everyone already had a broadband connection.

• NetComm NCT240

  NetComm have offered a small scale DSLAM designed for hotels, serviced apartments or serviced offices. We found it to be a very robust device which is easy to deploy and manage.

• D-Link DI-701 Residential Gateway

  The D-Link DI-701 hardware device acts as a buffer between your computer and the Net, and additionally lets you share the broadband connection with the other machines in an office or home network environment.

• Banking on broadband

  Thousands of SMEs are expected to move to DSL broadband by the end of the year. ZDNet Australia examines the industry and shows how to navigate this competitive and confusing market.

• Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router

  The Linksys EtherFast Four-Port Cable/DSL Router offers small offices a simple solution to get all of their PCs interconnected and online. The router supports up to 253 users with firewall protection.

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