Archive for April, 2009
Telstras local loop access price of $30 per month rejected by ACCC
A recent proposal for metropolitan areas to be provided with unconditioned local loop services for $30 a month made by Telstra has been rejected in a final decision issued by the ACCC. The largest cost component for ADSL broadband service providers that use DSLAMs of their own is this service, which ...
100Mbps wireless broadband being developed by CSIRO
According to the National Science Organisation the key to bringing a National Broadband Network that is cost effective to rural and regional Australia is in the Wireless technology that CSIRO is currently developing. The group executive for information, communication sciences and technology at CSIRO, Alex Zelinksy said that the technology, which ...
Labor could be voted out by broadband losers
The financial viability of Kevin Rudds nationalised broadband plan at a time of increasing public debt and stressed budgets has so far been at the centre of the political debate. And in the next election there is no doubt that this debate with play a central role. The pure politics of ...
Call for NBN rollout in rural Australia
Rural communities that have limited broadband access are being called on by the Federal Government to nominate themselves for the first portion of the National Broadband network’s $43 billion. A pledge to help speed up the rollout of the Fibre-to-the-Home network from the government to the rural areas of Australia that ...
Government net filter trials joined by Optus
The second phase of the highly controversial internet filtering trial by the Federal Government is to see Optus joining the existing ISPs, and non customer-facing technical test of the filtering technology are to be carried out by Telstra. During the first phase of the trials Optus were excluded by Senator Conroy ...
The search for an industry plan for NBN
The sheer magnitude of the $43 billion fibre-to-the-premises national broadband network from the Rudd government is something that many are finding easy to get excited about. The whole concept is both ambitious and audacious and because of this the plan has been received well in most quarters even though the project, ...
Allen Asher to become the CEO of a new consumer telecoms body
As the new consumer telecoms body ACCAN name Allan Asher, a highly regarded and highly experienced champion of the consumer with strong background in trade practices and telecoms, as its CEO the strength of representation for the consumer on telecommunications issues looks to be getting a significant boost. In an initiative ...
Mobile spectrum auctions may see the government trying to cash in
A recent request for tender looking for a valuation of its assets in the mobile spectrum in the run up to the spectrum auctions has been released by the Federal Government. In order to put a dollar value on the 15-year spectrum licenses in the 800 MHz, 1.8 GHz, 2.1 GHz, ...
More questions about Telstra and the NBN
Whether it is through superannuation funds and future bonds or as either customers or shareholders, there are many millions of Australians that have an interest in the future of Telstra. For a great many people the future of Telstra, the Australian telecommunications giant, is something that they are wondering about.
Piracy liability claims continue to threaten iiNet
A request to limit the consequences to 86 films in the court case that has been bought against iiNet by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) has been turned down by the Federal Court. The record of particular IP addresses of customers of iiNet that made a particular 86 films ...
