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  • Backhaul tender cautiously welcomed

    Internet service providers (ISP), mobile telcos, and bidders for the $250 million regional backhaul build have welcomed the launch of the initiative, but questions remain over whether the plan will deliver competition.

  • ISPs: Govt porn filters 'could cripple internet'

    Broadband providers Internode and iiNet have hit out against the Federal government's ISP-level content filtering initiative a scheme that could cripple Australia's high-speed internet access, according to one exec.

  • 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".

  • Internode resumes Tassie ADSL2+ sales

    Internet service provider Internode today said it had resumed selling high-speed ADSL2+ services in Tasmania, due to the imminent prospect of BassLink switching on its cable back to the mainland.

  • Basslink misses 30 June deadline

    The Basslink fibre-optic cable linking the mainland to Tasmania is technically live, but hasn't yet carried one of its first major customer's traffic across Bass Strait.

  • Conroy filter gag sparks sysadmin rage

    An Australian systems administrators' professional group has criticised Communications Minister Stephen Conroy for alleged attempts by his office to silence a vocal network engineer expressing an opinion about the planned government internet filtering scheme.

  • Netspace launches 10 Tassie DSLAMs

    Internet service provider Netspace today announced the activation of 10 DSLAMs (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) in Tasmania.

  • 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.

  • Aussie ISPs have content ambitions

    Executives from several of Australia's largest internet service providers have over the past few months expressed their desire to become media companies in their own right.

  • BigPond, portable wireless users 'most unhappy'

    Telstra user? Chances are you're the most unhappy with your lot, according to a survey of over 3,000 Australian Internet users.

  • ISPs demand intervention on Telstra ADSL2+ block

    A group of nine ISPs sent a letter to the ACCC accusing the telco of stifling competition and urging the regulator to throw its full force behind an investigation.

  • 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.

  • Westnet next to launch ADSL2+

    Perth-based Internet service provider Westnet will next month start offering high-speed ADSL2+ broadband services, utilising the network of SingTel subsidiary Optus.

  • Internode throws a lifeline to Easymail users

    Internet Service Provider Internode has thrown a lifeline to thousands of Easymail customers who will be stranded when Telstra dumps the service next month, thrusting the telco titan into a somewhat selfish light.

  • ISP threatens Telstra with civil action on broadband pricing

    Internet provider Internode Systems has lashed out at Telstra over its newly adjusted wholesale broadband prices.

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