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  • Government pursues bush ISP debts

    The federal government today said it was considering legal action as it attempted to recover debts owed by Internet service provider (ISP) BushCom.

  • Govt picks two ISPs for rural areas

    Two Internet Service Providers (ISPs) were recently approved to be the providers for the Australian Government's Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme (HiBIS).

  • ISPs unprepared for ending of rural subsidies

    Regional ISPs should have been better prepared for the demise of the Broadband Connect subscriber subsidy program.

  • Broadband Connect gets another AU$20m

    The federal government has allocated an additional AU$20 million to cover a shortfall in funding for the Broadband Connect rural broadband subsidy.

  • Coonan bends on rural ISP subsidies

    update: Communications Minister Senator Helen Coonan will allow regional Internet service providers left in the lurch by the sudden closure of a federal subsidy to claim funds under a replacement program.

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  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    DCITA: Too many policies, too few policies?

    If someone gave you AU$93.5 million to spend, would you forget it? I wouldn't either. But this is exactly what seems to have happened in the aftermath of the 2007/8 federal budget, which was widely lambasted by many observers -- including yours truly -- for its lack of funding for meaningful ICT related initiatives.

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  • Testing regional broadband

    Regional areas are finally getiing a break on broadband services, but how do you measure the quality of service?

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