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Broadband number crunching
By: Stuart Corner

The pundits seem to be trying to outdo each other with forecasts for broadband uptake. One thinks the world has now passed the billion user milestone, and Ericsson reckons that in five years time 80 percent of all broadband connections will be mobile, which would be a serious problem for the builder of the National Broadband Network.


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Internode expands Sydney operations
By: Stan Beer

Adelaide-based ISP Internode has expanded its staff numbers in Sydney by four and moved to larger premises in the heart of the Harbour City. The expanded space in the CBD office has been used to accommodate four new staff members.


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Ovum asks if Australia really needs an NBN?
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Thanks to Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, Australia is going through the hurdles of choosing the technology for a “National Broadband Network” (NBN), smack bang in the middle of a time when wireless technology is improving so much that going wired almost seems like going backwards.


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Internode announces Ultra bumper bundle
By: Stephen Withers

There's been plenty of talk about naked DSL, but Internode reckons it has the answer for those who need to keep an analogue line yet want the cost savings associated with VoIP and the convenience of a single bill.


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EFTel expands its network with Nextep DSLAMs
By: Stuart Corner

EFTel (ASX: EFT) has become the exclusive provider of services on DSLAM infrastructure of Nextep Broadband which it will use to increase the footprint of its own DSLAM network.


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IBM hired to build power line broadband networks
By: Stephen Withers

IBM is to provide the project management for a major build of Broadband over Power Line (BPL) networks in rural areas of the eastern United States for International Broadband Electric Communications (IBEC).


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YouTube and MGM in movie and TV show deal
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

There’s no official word on YouTube’s official blog yet, but the news has come through that MGM will show full-length movies and TV shows in partnership with YouTube and in competition with TV network owned by News Corp and NBC Universal. MGM will display ads “alongside” the video to monetise its content.


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Telstra's Tasmanian monopoly to be broken by Basslink
By: Stuart Corner

The long-awaited promise of competitive backhaul links between Tasmania and mainland Australia will soon be realised with Aurora Energy and Basslink both set to offer wholesale services into Melbourne over fibre laid with the Basslink power cable that runs across Bass Strait.


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Telstra brings 21Mbps wireless broadband to life – in demo
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Although a 21Mbps wireless broadband demo took place overseas a few weeks ago, Telstra decided to use its “Investor Day” to make its first Australian demo in front of partners, analysts and the press, with more trials in December and a “full commercial launch early next year”.


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Steve Ballmer speaks and he’s excited!
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Developers, developers, developers – Steve Ballmer came to Sydney today to speak at Microsoft’s Power To Developers conference, followed by two of his top lieutenants. What did he say, and where can you watch the entire webcast?


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NZ telecoms users calls for government broadband leadership
By: Stuart Corner

On the eve of the country's general election, The Telecommunications Users Group of New Zealand (TUANZ) has followed up its March 2008 manifesto with an action plan calling on the new government display strong leadership and develop a 'National Digital Architecture'.


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Telstra pulls out of broadband conference alleging panel bias
By: Stuart Corner

Telstra has made an eleventh hour withdrawal from a broadband conference being held in Sydney on 5 and 6 November claiming that a discussion panel was overly weighted with its competitors, and that non-disclosure terms of the NBN RFP would have precluded it from making any meaningful contribution in a 'showcase' session.


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90 percent of Brits are baffled by broadband
By: Davey Winder

A million Brits have hit their 'unlimited' limits, and nine out of ten admit to being baffled by broadband. Not surprising when only 22 percent of the major UK broadband providers are transparent about true service caps...


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CEOs surveyed on broadband: want more but don't know what they've got.
By: Stuart Corner

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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Ericsson works with Intel to bring HSPA to Mobile Internet Devices
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Although today’s handheld computer phones such as iPhones, Nokia smartphones, Windows Mobile smartphones and others are already “mobile Internet devices”, Intel is hard at work on the “next generation” of MIDs and has done a deal with Ericsson to ensure an HSPA/WCMA/EDGE/GSM module is part of the mix.


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Australian broadband fails to make the grade for today's applications
By: Stuart Corner

A study of real broadband performance in OECD countries, based on analysing millions of records from speedtest.net, has found that services in Australia fall short of what is needed for today's applications and only one country, Japan, has the performance needed for applications that will emerge in the next three to five years.


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Is bundling the answer to Optus' 3G problems?
By: Stuart Corner

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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T4 accuses Telstra of “nonsense” over NBN pricing
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt

Dubbing Telstra’s recent statements as an “amazing broadband price yo-yo” and accusing Telstra over its ability to count or be honest over the cost of the Australian National Broadband Network (NBN), the T4 (Tell the Trust Telstra) coalition says it’s all a load of “nonsense”.


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