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  • ADSL2+ a tad slower at Optus

    Optus has launched its new ADSL2+ broadband network, offering speeds of up to 20Mbps -- 4Mbps short of what other providers claim is the limit of the technology.

  • 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.

  • Pacific adds Optus DSL to list

    Internet service provider Pacific Internet has added Optus to its list of DSL wholesalers, citing increased demand for its high-availability plans.

  • Internode extends ADSL2+ range

    Internet service provider Internode today launched a new type of naked ADSL2+ service, using its own equipment at telephone exchanges to increase the range of its fast broadband.

  • Primus slashes headcount

    Telecommunications player Primus Telecom today conceded 10 percent of its 1,000-strong workforce in Australia was being axed due to an organisational restructure of permanent and casual staff.

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  • 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 - Phil Dobbie

    The longest last mile

    How much should Telstra be charging for unconditioned local loop?

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  • 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.

  • The war against VoIP: How long can the telcos fight?

    Voice over IP has reached some major milestones in 2008 in both the enterprise and consumer ends of the market but how long can traditional telcos continue to fight against this disruptive technology?

  • VPNs without all the hassles

    Running a virtual private network can save you money on leased lines, but can also create a lot of work. Can managed VPN services save you the trouble?

  • 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.

  • Australia: Dimension Data vs Vanco

    The network services business in Australia is hotting up. In this report, Dimension Data's Steve Nola throws down the gauntlet to Vanco's Grant Ellison.

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