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  • AFP investigates govt cyber attack

    The Australian Federal Police has been called in to investigate a planned denial-of-service attack on Australian government web servers due to occur at 7pm tonight.

  • 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.

  • UK gets 50Mbps broadband service

    Virgin Media has launched a 50Mbps cable broadband service in the UK.

  • Google tools to help users keep ISPs fair

    Google is developing a suite of tools to help broadband users identify traffic discrimination by their internet service providers (ISPs).

  • Basslink defends speed of progress

    Fledgling telco Basslink Telecoms has defended the speed at which it is working to get the Melbourne to Hobart fibre-optic cable up and running, saying it was slated to be operational by April at the latest.

  • Telstra out of Conroy's filtering trial

    Telstra has decided not to participate in the government's controversial ISP filtering trial, for which expressions of interest were due today.

  • 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.

  • Australia getting more broadband for its buck

    Australian broadband users are getting more out of their Internet connections although prices have remained static, a report from the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has found.

  • Coonan's 'equal opportunity' broadband

    The details of a scheme that promises the most far-flung Aussies a chance to get the same broadband as their city-dwelling cousins have been unveiled

  • Optus, iiNet crush Telstra in speed challenge

    Customers of Optus and iiNet, along with users of TPG and Internode, have a much faster Internet connection than their Telstra-using counterparts, according to results generated by ZDNet Australia's Broadband Speedtest.

  • iiNet to buy Westnet for $81 million

    ASX-listed ISP iiNet is to buy fellow West Australian service provider Westnet for AU$81 million in cash.

  • ISPs unprepared for ending of rural subsidies

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

  • Internet gridlock to occur in just two years

    The US telecoms giant AT&T has claimed that, without investment, the Internet's current network architecture will reach the limits of its capacity by 2010.

  • Engin snaps up WiMax stake with Unwired

    Broadcaster Seven has helped Engin become a player in the WiMax market by bankrolling an investment in wireless ISP Unwired.

  • ISP gang of nine dobs in Telstra to ACCC

    After writing to the ACCC late last month, a delegation of nine ISPs has met with the head of the competition watchdog to discuss their concerns regarding Telstra's conduct and a looming ADSL2+ "drought".

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