Archive for November, 2008
Telstra still appears to have the NBN door open for it
Even though the federal government has said it will consider the 90 percent proposal laid down by Telstra, Stephen Conroy is still asking the voters to trust the government when it promises that the National Broadband Network will deliver 98 percent coverage. In Canberra recently reporters grilled the communications minister over ...
Feeble bid for the broadband tender made by Telstra
Doubts have now been cast over the tender process for the federal governments national broadband network as Telstra, considered to be a major contender in the running, failed to lodge its bid. Wednesday saw Telstra, the biggest telco in Australia enter the multi-billion dollar project with a proposal to place a ...
Questions raised as to whether iBursts spectrum has been sold
The possible sale of the wireless spectrum owned by Personal Broadband Australia/iBurst following the failure of the ICT service company Commander is causing mounting speculation from the telecommunications industry. The recent decision made in mid-October to close down the iBurst wireless broadband network even though there were potential bidders for the ...
Australia to benefit from the OLPC giveaway program
November 30th will see the commencement of a local "Give 1, Get 1" program by the non-profit One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organisations Australian subsidiary, with allow both disadvantaged children and geeks alike the opportunity of a new machine. For each laptop that is purchased a child in either the Pacific ...
BigAirs iBurst users given a lifeline courtesy of 3
Ahead of the 18th December planned closure of the iBurst network, the migration of wireless customers from iBurst over to 3’s network has been agreed following a deal between BigAir and 3. Commander communications currently own the iBurst network, which is currently in receivership. Recent offers made to the receivers by ...
NBN proposal by Terria is taken into the community
In a last-minute attempt to gain more support for its proposal Terri has headed out to NSW where it is to take its message to community leaders and industry in Tamworth, with under a week left of the deadline for the National Broadband Network bid. 20 people attended this recent meeting ...
New Ultra Naked service launched by Internode
With promises to offer the best of both worlds, the new Ultra ADSL2+ service from Internode with offer ADSL2+, VoIP and a regular PSTN landline cost that costs far less then offers from other retail telcos. Each broadband service will be bundled with $10 per month of free VoIP credit, which ...
Filter put to test by Optus and iiNet
The federal government has asked a number of telcos that are currently not keen on the clean-feed internet scheme to spend the holiday season trialing the new technology. The mandatory imposing of a nationwide internet content filter at ISP level is funded as part of the $125.8 million cyber safety plan ...
Who is NBN being built for?
Two of the biggest questions that have seemingly been omitted from the NBN agenda are how much Australians really want to pay for their broadband and what speeds are they looking for? Putting it simply, demand and willingness to pay for it. The selection process in which the government will be ...
Other than a few funding tweaks the bid by Optus is now ready
Paul O’Sullivan, the Optus chief executive said that the group it was leading was still “revisiting” its structure for the funding of the governments national broadband network but that fundamental changes would not be occurring. He recently told The Australian Financial Review “They’re only mechanical,” advising again that when the November ...
