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Just two weeks to the day after attacking the federal government for overlooking the ICT industry as a critical source of economic stimulus and growth for Australia’s economy, the ACS has joined the chorus of those welcoming the government’s NBN decision but with a cautionary reminder that it’s by no means all of what’s needed to kick along Australia’s digital economy.

Telstra and its old adversary, the Competitive Carriers’ Coalition have both ‘welcomed’ the government’s decision on the national broadband network (NBN) – but, it’s probably just the start of the next round of sniping between these two muscled up fighters.

Just a week after Internode boss, Simon Hackett announced an FTTH service with speeds up to 100mbps and ridiculed the proposed NBN target speeds of 12mbps, the South Australian ISP has launched a new service which it says is designed to deliver high performance, fully symmetrical Internet access to Australian businesses.

There’s been a call for urgent action by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to intervene in Telstra’s plans to reportedly forcibly disconnect competitors in a Canberra exchange.