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Google exposed as “anonymous” eBay complainant in Australia
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2008-05-31 06:15:26
When a 38-page anonymous submission to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) was filed arguing against eBay’s request to force Australian eBay users to only use PayPal, questions buzzed over who the complainant was. An unhappy Australian eBay user analysed the PDF’s metadata and discovered it was prime suspect No.1 – Google!


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RBA joins chorus against eBay PayPal exclusivity claim
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news

Category: E-Commerce

2008-05-09 04:04:00
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) has joined a growing throng of PayPal and eBay competitors and detractors opposing eBay's push to have the Australian Competitition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) look the other way while it seeks to enforce PayPal exclusivity on the Australian arm of the world's largest auction site.


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Why ACCC cannot grant eBay Australia request for PayPal only payments
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Beerfiles

Category: IT blog

2008-04-18 20:23:07
The role of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is to regulate for free and open competition in the marketplace and to protect consumers. There is a viable competitor to PayPal that protects eBay consumers. That is just one reason why the ACCC cannot allow the intention of eBay Australia to accept payments only through its PayPal subsidiary.


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ACCC's role in evaluating broadband network proposals is indeed 'critical'
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!

Category: Telecommunications blog

2008-04-17 01:55:56
Communications minister Stephen Conroy has sought to defend the evaluation process for responses to his RFP for a national broadband network, describing the ACCC's role as critical. Critical as in: "having a decisive or crucial importance in the success or failure of something" it is not. Try critical as in "having the potential to become disastrous" instead.


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Telstra completes 900 exchange ADSL2+ upgrade
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Networks

2008-04-10 02:19:21
Telstra has announced completion of the rollout of ADSL2+ services to an additional 907 exchanges, announced in February, four months ahead of schedule.


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