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• 100Mbps upgrade for Telstra HFC cable

  Telstra said today that it intends to invest $300 million this year to upgrade its hybrid fibre coaxial cable to 100Mbps, with Melbourne to get the upgrade first, which is due to be completed by Christmas.

• More Basslink delays; Internode signs up

  ISP Internode has signed on to buy Basslink services to Tasmania, despite the company acknowledging today that more problems had again delayed the date on which the fibre-optic cable from the mainland would become operational.

• Pipe Networks talks in-depth

  Pipe Networks CEO Bevan Slattery opens up on the risk the credit crunch posed to its Sydney-Guam pipeline and reiterates his opinion that the National Broadband Network builder had to be Telstra or no one.

• Telstra may switch to cable after govt FTTN loss

  Telstra has revealed it's already testing a 100Mbps upgrade to its cable network -- and may pursue a cable future if any federal decision on fibre-to-the-node does not go the company's way.

• DSL cracks cable as Aust broadband choice

  Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technologies are rapidly overtaking cable as the broadband connection of choice, industry figures have confirmed.

Blogs (21)

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  Will the NBN kill digital TV as we know it?

  As the NBN bypasses the airwaves and offers a new pipe into 90 per cent of Australia's homes, could long-languishing IPTV services spell the beginning of the end for TV as we know it?

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  Give me a ship, and a trading scheme to steer her by

  Watching the latest, hilarious stage in the Jimmy Kimmel-Matt Damon "feud" -- which racked up 2.5 million YouTube views in one day -- I was struck by a thought: who in the world is paying for all this bandwidth?

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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.

• Senate Select finds Tassie is in the dark

  Next month the Senate Select Committee on the NBN will table its final report. It will reflect the views of 100 or so submitted documents and a series of public hearings.

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  The people's NBN, now with 1001 uses

  Faced with a renewed threat in newly-appointed Tony Abbott and unknown-quantity communications portfolio ankle-biter Tony Smith, Stephen Conroy responded this week in the way any politician would: he gave lots, and lots, and lots of speeches.

Features and Case Studies (115)

• 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.

• Conroy on Minchin's 'Luddite' delays

  This afternoon Communications Minister Stephen Conroy described his opposite, Senator Nick Minchin, as a Luddite as he took questions from reporters on the Opposition's attempt to block the government's wide-ranging telecommunications industry reform legislation, which includes provisions to force the break-up of Telstra.

• Hoffman is Conroy's tasty new media carrot

  Hoffman's position on the board will ensure that the National Broadband Network Company can engage with the content industry in a meaningful way.

• NBN now a dead parrot

  Telstra's decision to upgrade its cable definitely now means that the National Broadband Network won't get built. This policy has ceased to be, it rests in peace. This is an ex-policy.

• Four mid-range servers compared

  What's the best mid-range server on the market? We put machines from Dell, Hewlett-Packard, IBM and Lenovo through their paces in our labs.

Reviews (412)

• Opinion: If PCs are whitegoods, retailers should be petrified

  For the beige retail PC industry, there is a dark side to the idea of a PC as a whitegoods purchase.

• Apple iMac 27-inch (Core 2 Duo 3.06GHz)

  Behind its expansive display, Apple has packed one of the fastest all-in-ones available, and added a few useful extras to sweeten the deal.

• HP Compaq LA2205wg

  Despite a few build and design issues, HP's latest 22-inch monitor punches above its weight and is perfect for users looking for a budget, widescreen solution that is both versatile and sturdy.

• Lexmark Platinum Pro905

  Lexmark's latest printer comes with a platinum card style price point, but it's too slow for all but the most patient print users.

• Apple MacBook (Spring 2009)

  The Apple MacBook may look the same as before, but it's had a Spring makeover and is now a better deal than ever.

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