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  • 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.

  • Westnet unfazed by Telstra's Broadband Connect withdrawal

    Internet service provider Westnet plans to continue selling subsidised broadband services to rural areas under the federal government's Broadband Connect (BC) program, despite the decision of its wholesale provider, Telstra, not to participate in the scheme.

  • ISPs unprepared for ending of rural subsidies

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

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