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Pressure grows for 100Mbps broadband, at least!
By: Stuart Corner
The Australian Government has no clear plans for broadband beyond the 12Mbps minimum specified in its National Broadband Network RFP but in New Zealand and the US lobby groups are already pushing for at least 100Mbps by 2015.
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By: Stuart Corner
The Australian Government has no clear plans for broadband beyond the 12Mbps minimum specified in its National Broadband Network RFP but in New Zealand and the US lobby groups are already pushing for at least 100Mbps by 2015.
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Telstra tears Terria a new one over NBN monopoly revelation
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra has accused its National Broadband Network rival, Terria, of wanting what Terria accused Telstra of deeply desiring: a monopoly. Should we inform the Parker Bros?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra has accused its National Broadband Network rival, Terria, of wanting what Terria accused Telstra of deeply desiring: a monopoly. Should we inform the Parker Bros?
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Telstra non-meekly states separation sucks
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Driven by a desire to destroy the dimension that is “structural separation”, Telstra has quoted the curiously named Kip Meek in an attempt to annihilate any action that would see separation succeed.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Driven by a desire to destroy the dimension that is “structural separation”, Telstra has quoted the curiously named Kip Meek in an attempt to annihilate any action that would see separation succeed.
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Telstra structurally separates itself from structural separation
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The new “Dr Phil Burgess”, aka Group MD of Public Policy and Comms, David Quilty, has knitted Opposition Spokesman Bruce Billson a lovely message effectively telling him to get stuffed, and that as far as Telstra is concerned, structural separation is not an option.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The new “Dr Phil Burgess”, aka Group MD of Public Policy and Comms, David Quilty, has knitted Opposition Spokesman Bruce Billson a lovely message effectively telling him to get stuffed, and that as far as Telstra is concerned, structural separation is not an option.
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Telstra tells Terria: get serious!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s “War on Terria” takes another turn with a toothy tirade to “get serious or get out of the way”. Telstra’s telling Terria to “take that!”
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Telstra’s “War on Terria” takes another turn with a toothy tirade to “get serious or get out of the way”. Telstra’s telling Terria to “take that!”
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Australia’s NBN and FttN – fibre to the nowhere?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has reached a “key moment” with August 22 set as the date by which carriers must submit the remaining “network information” the Government wants to send to NBN bidders, so they can then start finalising their NBN proposals. But as telecoms analyst Paul Budde states, the FttN proposed for Australia is already out of date, with FttH the preferred standard being rolled out overseas.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australia’s National Broadband Network (NBN) has reached a “key moment” with August 22 set as the date by which carriers must submit the remaining “network information” the Government wants to send to NBN bidders, so they can then start finalising their NBN proposals. But as telecoms analyst Paul Budde states, the FttN proposed for Australia is already out of date, with FttH the preferred standard being rolled out overseas.
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Will The NBN's 12Mbps be enough? Not nearly, say some
By: Stuart Corner
The Australian Government is promising at least 12Mbps and BT in the UK, up to 100Mbps, but in the hyperconnected household of there could be multiple devices and applications all demanding, and creating data at these rates, and there are many differing views as to what is the best way to deliver this bandwidth.
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By: Stuart Corner
The Australian Government is promising at least 12Mbps and BT in the UK, up to 100Mbps, but in the hyperconnected household of there could be multiple devices and applications all demanding, and creating data at these rates, and there are many differing views as to what is the best way to deliver this bandwidth.
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Australian Government further delays “National Broadband Network”
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal Opposition is outraged!
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
With any Australian fibre-based broadband network still up to 5 years away, the date of completion just got extended by at least 6 months as the Australian Federal Government extends the time for “robust proposals” to be submitted for consideration. As usual, the Federal Opposition is outraged!
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BT plans £1.5b super broadband network
By: Stuart Corner
In a move that closely parallels Telstra's 2005 announcement of its FTTN plans, UK incumbent telco BT has promised to deliver high speed broadband services to 10 million UK homes (40 percent of total): if it can get the appropriate guarantees from the regulator.
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By: Stuart Corner
In a move that closely parallels Telstra's 2005 announcement of its FTTN plans, UK incumbent telco BT has promised to deliver high speed broadband services to 10 million UK homes (40 percent of total): if it can get the appropriate guarantees from the regulator.
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Telstra fumes at 15% hike on cost of FTTN broadband claim
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The T4: Tell the Truth Telstra website, has published a report from the Centre for International Economics (CIE) claiming Telstra would charge 15% more for broadband services if it wins the FTTN network. Telstra has slammed the report as “bogus” – who’s right?
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
The T4: Tell the Truth Telstra website, has published a report from the Centre for International Economics (CIE) claiming Telstra would charge 15% more for broadband services if it wins the FTTN network. Telstra has slammed the report as “bogus” – who’s right?
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Telstra's $15b FTTN estimate "scaremongering"
By: Stuart Corner
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo's recent claim that the cost of rolling out an FTTN network to 98 percent of Australian homes would be closer to $15b than the $8 billion in the government's estimate has been dismissed as "a vain attempt to scare off the opposition," but some industry players think his estimate is, if anything, too low.
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By: Stuart Corner
Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo's recent claim that the cost of rolling out an FTTN network to 98 percent of Australian homes would be closer to $15b than the $8 billion in the government's estimate has been dismissed as "a vain attempt to scare off the opposition," but some industry players think his estimate is, if anything, too low.
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Auditor General says Conroy breached broadband tender requirements: opposition
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Australian Federal Opposition Communications Spokesperson Bruce Billson says a letter from the Auditor-General shows that Federal Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has breached his own “broadband tender requirements”.
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The slow road to faster Australian broadband
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Although faster fibre broadband in Australia will still take years to build, the process has been delayed by another 12 weeks to give potential bidders more time to examine network information before lodging their proposals.
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Internet ossifying, warns architect
By: Stephen Withers
The potential for the Internet to continue to fuel collaboration, innovation and creativity is waning rather than increasing, according to a highly regarded network architect.
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By: Stephen Withers
The potential for the Internet to continue to fuel collaboration, innovation and creativity is waning rather than increasing, according to a highly regarded network architect.
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Huawei's technology support mixed FTTN and ADSL deployment
By: Stuart Corner
The question of whether a fibre to node network can be deployed without cutting off all exchange based ADSL services through a node has been the subject of much debate. Huawei claims that its latest product will enable operators to do exactly this.
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By: Stuart Corner
The question of whether a fibre to node network can be deployed without cutting off all exchange based ADSL services through a node has been the subject of much debate. Huawei claims that its latest product will enable operators to do exactly this.
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New Zealand National Party promises fibre to the home
By: Stuart Corner
The countries are different and so are the political parties but the pre-election announcement by New Zealand's National Party that it would invest $NZ1.5 billion over the next six years to rollout fibre to the majority of New Zealand homes bears many similarities to the Australian Labor Party's pre-election pledge of March 2007: and just look at the mess the ALP has now got itself into!
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By: Stuart Corner
The countries are different and so are the political parties but the pre-election announcement by New Zealand's National Party that it would invest $NZ1.5 billion over the next six years to rollout fibre to the majority of New Zealand homes bears many similarities to the Australian Labor Party's pre-election pledge of March 2007: and just look at the mess the ALP has now got itself into!
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The bid to build Australia's FTTN network: a one horse race
By: Stuart Corner
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has issued his long-awaited request for proposals to build a broadband network delivering at least 12Mbps to 98 percent of the Australian population, with up to $4.7b of government funding. It seems to have been set up as a one horse race for Telstra.
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By: Stuart Corner
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has issued his long-awaited request for proposals to build a broadband network delivering at least 12Mbps to 98 percent of the Australian population, with up to $4.7b of government funding. It seems to have been set up as a one horse race for Telstra.
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FTTN needn't displace ADSL, says ISP
By: Stephen Withers
The idea that the rollout of a fibre to the node (FTTN) network would mean the removal of existing copper-based services is a "myth", according to the managing director of a substantial ISP.
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By: Stephen Withers
The idea that the rollout of a fibre to the node (FTTN) network would mean the removal of existing copper-based services is a "myth", according to the managing director of a substantial ISP.
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