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• Advertising could fund future broadband

  The leaders of two of Australia's largest ISP's see a viable business model in offering free or discounted broadband connectivity, sponsored by advertisements targeted according to a user's web surfing habits.

• Conroy's dept refuses NBN FOI

  Stephen Conroy's Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has refused the iiNet-backed Tech Wired Australia request to access the expert panel's recommendations on the National Broadband Network bids using freedom of information laws.

• iiNet bankrolls NBN FOI request

  iiNet has agreed to cover the costs of filing a freedom of information (FOI) request to obtain the panel of experts' National Broadband Network (NBN) report, which the government had previously said could prejudice the outcome of the NBN tender if released publicly.

• Reaction round-up: Conroy's digital economy opus

  Communications and Digital Economy Minister Stephen Conroy will tonight release the government's roadmap for Australia's participation in the digital economy. But what does the nation's industry think of the effort?

• Minchin won't pay for NBN FOI

  Shadow Minister for Communications Nick Minchin says he won't pay the $24,000 being asked by the government to process his Freedom of Information (FOI) request for documents relating to the first NBN proposal.

Blogs (3)

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  Which filter side is Optus playing for?

  Optus' involvement in the controversial government blacklist project could fall on either side of the fence. In kissing the ring, is Optus conceding that censorship is inevitable or hatching a scheme to discredit Conroy's folly from within?

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  Dear carriers: More walking, less talking

  Sometimes, a well-placed and well-timed letter can make all the difference. Other times, it can make no difference at all and even hurt your case. This week's missive by the Competitive Carriers' Coalition, I would suggest, falls into the latter category.

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  Could you believe in Steve?

  For no particular reason that I can discern, a 1979 Kenny Rogers song popped into my head as I was considering the ever more complex morass that is the national broadband network tender which Senator Stephen Conroy defended in his CeBIT keynote speech.

Features and Case Studies (8)

• Exetel boss bets against NBN and Quigley

  Boss of internet service provider Exetel, John Linton, says the National Broadband Network should be handed to the only company that can build it Telstra and he's not impressed by NBN Co chief Mike Quigley.

• Why Australia's Pirate Party won't get elected

  Many would love to see the Pirate Party and Communications Minister Stephen Conroy face off in the Australian Senate, but the unorthodox political party doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the necessary votes.

• From monopolist to little Aussie battler

  Legislation setting up the regulations for the National Broadband Network could be introduced to parliament as early as this week, which means Telstra will soon get some clarity about whether it's in a lot of trouble or just a little bit.

• Cutthroat IT services market stayed bloodless

  Australia's IT services market has come through its relatively mild financial crisis relatively unscathed, and certainly in much better shape than it could have ever anticipated.

• Telstra lost in the wasteland

  From dead parrots to ACCC lawsuits, the National Broadband Network and Fake Stephen Conroy, it's like Telstra is lost in T.S. Eliot's epic poem The Wasteland.

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