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CEOs surveyed on broadband: want more but don't know what they've got.
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-20 22:32:34
The release of a survey of Australian CEOs that purports to measure industry demand for broadband has been hailed by the Government has vindication of its plans for a National Broadband Network, but a third of respondents had no idea of the speed of their current broadband service and none were asked to specify exactly what speed of service they were using.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-20 22:32:34
The release of a survey of Australian CEOs that purports to measure industry demand for broadband has been hailed by the Government has vindication of its plans for a National Broadband Network, but a third of respondents had no idea of the speed of their current broadband service and none were asked to specify exactly what speed of service they were using.
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Looking for upside as AAPT exits from National Broadband consortium
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-16 19:31:58
AAPT has dealt a serious blow to Terria's credibility and to its chances of winning the Australian Government's National Broadband Network contract, but maybe there is an upside.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-16 19:31:58
AAPT has dealt a serious blow to Terria's credibility and to its chances of winning the Australian Government's National Broadband Network contract, but maybe there is an upside.
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Forget the review says Telstra; we can handle rural comms
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-15 02:38:58
Telstra has slammed the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review committee's 385 page report and its 50 recommendations based on more than 20 public hearings, several stakeholder briefings and over 220 submissions, saying that the future of rural telecommunications is safe in Telstra's hands, unfettered by regulation and government intervention.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-15 02:38:58
Telstra has slammed the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review committee's 385 page report and its 50 recommendations based on more than 20 public hearings, several stakeholder briefings and over 220 submissions, saying that the future of rural telecommunications is safe in Telstra's hands, unfettered by regulation and government intervention.
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Telstra delivers NBN ultimatum
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-14 07:54:37
Telstra has mounted what might be its strongest attack to date on any attempt by the government to deny it the right to build the national broadband network on its terms, claiming it will refuse any other builder access to the copper pairs connecting customers and that it will compete vigorously with a non-Telstra NBN using alternative infrastructure.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-14 07:54:37
Telstra has mounted what might be its strongest attack to date on any attempt by the government to deny it the right to build the national broadband network on its terms, claiming it will refuse any other builder access to the copper pairs connecting customers and that it will compete vigorously with a non-Telstra NBN using alternative infrastructure.
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Is bundling the answer to Optus' 3G problems?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-09 15:38:11
Optus' wireless broadband service has been in strife lately: first it canned Fusion its fixed wireless voice and data offering, then it jacked up the cost of its wireless broadband service. UK consultancy Analysys Mason has some suggestions.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-09 15:38:11
Optus' wireless broadband service has been in strife lately: first it canned Fusion its fixed wireless voice and data offering, then it jacked up the cost of its wireless broadband service. UK consultancy Analysys Mason has some suggestions.
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Cisco sets its sights on $US34b collaboration market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-03 01:57:53
If you drop into the Loft bar on Sydney's Lime Street Wharf during October you might see lots of Cisco logos and photojournalist Moshe Rosenzveig sitting at a terminal creating digital artwork. All in the name of Cisco's next big push: for a dominant position in what it believes will be a $US34b global market for collaboration tools and services.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-10-03 01:57:53
If you drop into the Loft bar on Sydney's Lime Street Wharf during October you might see lots of Cisco logos and photojournalist Moshe Rosenzveig sitting at a terminal creating digital artwork. All in the name of Cisco's next big push: for a dominant position in what it believes will be a $US34b global market for collaboration tools and services.
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Build better blogs with Linux
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-02 04:28:50
Chances are you have some sort of web site. Linux has a rich history of text processing which can be used to turbo-boost your blogs. In fact, blogging goes to Linux like a hand to a glove.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-10-02 04:28:50
Chances are you have some sort of web site. Linux has a rich history of text processing which can be used to turbo-boost your blogs. In fact, blogging goes to Linux like a hand to a glove.
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Pressure grows for 100Mbps broadband, at least!
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-29 02:33:00
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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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-29 02:33:00
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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Broadband the Singapore way. What lessons for Australia?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-28 20:02:22
The Singapore Government has just announced a consortium, OpenNet, as the winner of its RFP for the building of a next generation broadband access network, and expects it to deliver a fibre to the home network capable of 1Gbps to over 90 percent of Singaporean homes and businesses by 2012. The way Singapore has gone about this is in stark contrast to Australia.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-28 20:02:22
The Singapore Government has just announced a consortium, OpenNet, as the winner of its RFP for the building of a next generation broadband access network, and expects it to deliver a fibre to the home network capable of 1Gbps to over 90 percent of Singaporean homes and businesses by 2012. The way Singapore has gone about this is in stark contrast to Australia.
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CSIRO gets one step closer to WLAN royalties
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-22 21:00:02
The CSIRO is one step closer to earning potentially millions of dollars from a key WLAN patent, following a US court decision, but its costly legal actions are being funded by the Australian taxpayer, and some question the merits of the action.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-22 21:00:02
The CSIRO is one step closer to earning potentially millions of dollars from a key WLAN patent, following a US court decision, but its costly legal actions are being funded by the Australian taxpayer, and some question the merits of the action.
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Confessions of a shady underhand domain name dealer
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-21 22:36:00
Domain name after market vendor NetFleet has been celebrating the recent opening of an aftermarket for .com.au domain names by revealing prices paid for some popular names, and branding all trades made prior to the new regime coming into force as having been through "shady underground negotiations."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-21 22:36:00
Domain name after market vendor NetFleet has been celebrating the recent opening of an aftermarket for .com.au domain names by revealing prices paid for some popular names, and branding all trades made prior to the new regime coming into force as having been through "shady underground negotiations."
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Is there really such need for haste on National Broadband Network?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-19 01:09:53
Not in the UK, certainly if the latest in-depth examination of the issue has got it right. Perhaps Australia could learn some lessons from it.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-19 01:09:53
Not in the UK, certainly if the latest in-depth examination of the issue has got it right. Perhaps Australia could learn some lessons from it.
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"Tagging the whole World?" Sounds like a job for Google
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-18 23:15:42
Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with an idea to make location information available, via Bluetooth, to passing pedestrians. There initial aim is to aid blind people, but they talk of extending the concept to 'tag the whole world'.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-18 23:15:42
Researchers at the University of Michigan have come up with an idea to make location information available, via Bluetooth, to passing pedestrians. There initial aim is to aid blind people, but they talk of extending the concept to 'tag the whole world'.
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Advertising funded mobile calls work - just ask Blyk
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-18 19:52:04
Blyk, the world's first mobile operator funded solely through advertising, revealed to analysts last week that it had doubled the number of customers since April, to 200,000. This is very significant development for every player in the mobile industry.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-18 19:52:04
Blyk, the world's first mobile operator funded solely through advertising, revealed to analysts last week that it had doubled the number of customers since April, to 200,000. This is very significant development for every player in the mobile industry.
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Telstra hits back at pessimistic analysts
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-16 18:36:38
Telstra has sought to defend its financial prospects from gloomy analyst predictions, accusing the analysts of committing the "cardinal sin" of "retrofitting analysis to justify an already-formed conclusion."
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-16 18:36:38
Telstra has sought to defend its financial prospects from gloomy analyst predictions, accusing the analysts of committing the "cardinal sin" of "retrofitting analysis to justify an already-formed conclusion."
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Tobacco ban in pharmacies within San Francisco. Can we do more?
Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-09-10 08:30:35
A recent ban of tobacco sales in San Francisco (California) pharmacies has Walgreen’s stating it is discriminatory to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies but to allow tobacco sales in grocery stores that include pharmacies. Is it discriminatory? Is there a better solution to the problem?
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: UNI-verse
Category: The Science Blog
2008-09-10 08:30:35
A recent ban of tobacco sales in San Francisco (California) pharmacies has Walgreen’s stating it is discriminatory to ban tobacco sales in pharmacies but to allow tobacco sales in grocery stores that include pharmacies. Is it discriminatory? Is there a better solution to the problem?
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Is the mobile industry fighting for freedom to confuse?
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-10 02:09:21
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) is concerned that advertising could become more confusing if proposed legislation is implemented. Isn’t it nice that AMTA has our welfare at heart? Don't be so sure!
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-10 02:09:21
The Australian Mobile Telecommunications Association (AMTA) is concerned that advertising could become more confusing if proposed legislation is implemented. Isn’t it nice that AMTA has our welfare at heart? Don't be so sure!
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First impressions of Freshtel cellphone VoIP offering
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-09 08:29:38
iTWire had a chance to preview Freshtel's latest VoIP service for cellphones' via WiFi, Freshtel Mobilelink.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-09 08:29:38
iTWire had a chance to preview Freshtel's latest VoIP service for cellphones' via WiFi, Freshtel Mobilelink.
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National Broadband Network: the questions that should have been asked
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-09 05:57:39
A UK study has found that national deployment of fibre to the cabinet (the cheapest technology option) would cost £5.1bn - three or four times more than the telecoms sector spent deploying today's broadband services - and that fibre to every UK home could cost as much as £28.8bn. For Australia, these numbers are less important than the questions that were asked.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-09 05:57:39
A UK study has found that national deployment of fibre to the cabinet (the cheapest technology option) would cost £5.1bn - three or four times more than the telecoms sector spent deploying today's broadband services - and that fibre to every UK home could cost as much as £28.8bn. For Australia, these numbers are less important than the questions that were asked.
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Putting a dollar value on the mobile porn market
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-05 01:02:09
Whenever Internet statistics are bandied about the great unmentionable is porn: it's rare to find any admission that it represents a significant portion of Internet traffic and usage. So it's refreshing to see at least one market research company game enough to be explicit about 'explicit' content.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Cornered!
Category: Telecommunications blog
2008-09-05 01:02:09
Whenever Internet statistics are bandied about the great unmentionable is porn: it's rare to find any admission that it represents a significant portion of Internet traffic and usage. So it's refreshing to see at least one market research company game enough to be explicit about 'explicit' content.
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