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  • 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.

  • Telstra delays rural ADSL upgrades as funding cuts out

    Telstra has temporarily ceased enabling some rural telephone exchanges for ADSL services after late last year it reached the limit of funds it could receive from the federal government's subsidised bush broadband scheme.

  • 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.

  • Govt may fund new bush broadband network

    The federal government is considering using some of its AU$3 billion Connect Australia package to aid in the development of a broadband access network in regional Australia.

  • ISPs unprepared for ending of rural subsidies

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