Archive for February, 2010
Broadband providers deliver less than half of quoted download speeds
Research published by broadband comparison website www.broadbandexpert.com.au, has found Australian Internet Service Providers (ISPs) are delivering less than 50 percent of the download speeds spruiked in broadband plans. Over the last six months (1 July 2009 – 31 December 2009), Broadband Expert has collected data from 11,089 speed tests which make ...
Optus risks losing its second place market position say Hutchison
Just eight months after its creation the third largest telecommunications company in Australia, Vodafone Hutchison Australia (VHA) has said that it is now putting serious pressure on its second place rival Optus. Following its merger with Vodafone back in June 2009 that gave it a profit of $587.3 million the other ...
First Dual Carrier HSPA+ network in the world launched by Telstra
Following recent upgrades to its HSPA+ broadband network the telecommunications giant Telstra has announced the launch of world first Dual Carrier Network and in order to take full advantage of these incredible new speeds it has also launched the first wireless broadband device to be used over its upgraded network. With ...
Australia to benefit from the laying of new fibre optic backbone links
The laying of new fibre optic backbone links along 6000 kilometers of land across Australia could see many families living in rural blackspot areas throughout the country able to access high-speed broadband internet services. One of the main goals of the National Broadband Network is to provide high-speed broadband access to ...
New warning from Telstra to Think B4 U Post
The recent Safer Internet Day has seen broadband giant Telstra strongly advising Australian internet users to think more carefully about the data that they post over the internet. The “Think B4 U Post” activity was announced during the Safer Internet Day and was designed to warn Australian broadband user against the ...
Free cash flow grows 37 percent for Telstra despite tough market conditions
The first six months up till December 2009 saw Telstra gaining an impressive increase in its free cash flow of 37 percent according to a recent announcement by the broadband network operator and even in light of difficult market conditions it reaffirmed its fiscal 2010 profit guidance. David Thodey, the Chief ...
Activist group warns that cyber attacks will continue in Australia
It was recently announced that cyber attacks that blocked a number of main Australian Government websites will continue according to the activist group behind the attacks. The proposed introduction of a broadband internet filtering systems throughout Australia was the reason given for the attacks by the activist group known as Anonymous, ...
Telstra to help seniors understand with technology by offering new grants
Senior citizens could soon be getting support from Telstra to allow them to better understand computers, mobile phones and other modern communications technology. Telstra are now offering Telstra Connected Seniors® grants of as much as $50 000 to community groups so they can provide seniors with help and support to better ...
Courts find in favour of iiNet in copyright case
The landmark copyright case against iiNet filed by the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) and a consortium of film and TV companies has now ended with the Australian Federal Court finding in favour of the broadband internet service provider. The final ruling by Judge Dennis Cowdrey in the Australian Federal ...
Costs of $30 million for the original failed broadband plans
A new report has discovers that due to a number of significant risks it would have been unlikely that the Fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) National Broadband Network plans, which would have cost the Federal Government $4.7 billion, would ever have succeeded. The final costing of the failed tender process for those participating in ...
