The government has extended its subsidy to help rural Australians establish a broadband connection by four years.
The nation's second-largest telco today said it will fight "until the last breath" Telstra's desire to lock competitors out of using its planned fibre-optic broadband network.
Telstra today confirmed the fibre to the node (FTTN) component of its Next Generation Network (NGN) would remain on hold after the government opted not to intervene to allow the carrier to restrict third-party access to its planned new infrastructure.
Eleven of Australia's second-tier telcos and Internet service providers have banded together to fight against what they describe as a "campaign of misinformation" by Telstra on the subject of telecommunications regulation.
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