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  • Optus launches naked DSL

    Optus this morning announced it would offer naked DSL broadband plans, as well as broadband offerings provided on a "month-to-month" basis.

  • Telstra undercuts Optus DSL

    Telstra announced yesterday new budget prices for its high-speed Internet services, beating out the fledgling Optus DSL a day before its launch.

  • Optus residential DSL due by March

    Optus has announced that it expects its residential ADSL service to be available to consumers by March 2004 after today signing off lengthy negotiations with Telstra Wholesale.

  • 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.

  • Optus mulls own DSL network as milestone reached

    Optus today said it had reached 100,000 resale DSL broadband customers since entering the market less than 12 months ago. The move comes amid indications the number two telco plans shortly to announce details of an investment of up to AU$100 million in its own DSL network.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Getting naked reveals the hard truth of ULL

    Streaker Robert Ogilvie may have learned the hard way that getting naked can be painful, but many other Australians are apparently learning the same lesson as they try to break ties with Telstra once and for all.

  • 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?

  • 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

    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

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Features and Case Studies (12)

  • 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.

  • That other broadband revolution

    While everyone was distracted by the NBN, a revolution was under way in the supply of fixed line broadband.

  • 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?

  • IT in Australia: What's in store in 2002?

    As the year is waking up from its NYE celebrations, rubbing its eyes and reaching for the Berocca, the moment has come to return to that fine tradition of predicting what the next 12 months hold in store.

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Reviews (3)

  • 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.

  • UPDATE: Aust ISPs in legal limbo for four months over modem

    Modem manufacturer D-Link had been distributing one of its ADSL modems to some of Telstra's largest wholesale customers without the carrier's interoperability certification for around four months.

  • Broadband: Which plan is for you?

    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

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