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Article | 13/04/2011 Connexus offers hybrid broadband

Victoria-based ISP, Connexus, has introduced a hybrid broadband product allowing users to customise router configurations and at both ends – their cor...

Article | 11/04/2011 Internet2 turns 15: Has it delivered on its promise?

With nearly $100 million in new funding, Internet2, the faster, better Internet reserved for research and education, has embarked on an upgrade that w...

Article | 8/04/2011 Conroy: Public NBN sentiments untarnished by criticism

Despite increasing amounts of criticism of the National Broadband Network (NBN) by industry figures, public opinion of the $36 billion remains high, a...

Article | 6/04/2011 Telstra launches 21Mbps mobile Wi-Fi modem

Telstra has announced the launch of a new mobile Wi-Fi modem that is capable of theoretical maximum download speeds of 21 Megabits per second (Mbps).

Article | 30/03/2011 NBN Co seeks solid satellite speeds

NBN Co intends to clarify the speeds attainable via satellite under the National Broadband Network (NBN) once the interim solution goes live in July t...

Article | 30/03/2011 Vividwireless dismisses ability of Telstra LTE network

Vividwireless chief executive, Martin Mercer, has rubbished the ability of Telstra's announced Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, claiming the telco's...

Article | 30/03/2011 NBN will stifle competition: Turnbull

Shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has warned the National Broadband Network (NBN) legislation will lead to complexity for future gover...

Article | 30/03/2011 Cost of NBN to small ISPs "insane": Internode's Hackett

Internode boss Simon Hackett has delivered a heavy critique of the costing model proposed for the National Broadband Network (NBN), stating that small...

Article | 31/03/2011 10 signs you can bring an iPad to work

Can you bring your iPad to work? Or will you get in big trouble? With a nod to David Letterman's Top Ten list Signs You've Purchased a Bad iPhone, her...

Article | 31/03/2011 Google gigabit network going to Kansas City

Kansas City is the lucky winner of a 1Gbit-per-second broadband network that Google plans to build.

Article | 29/03/2011 LG-Ericsson announces new network switches for SMBs

LG-Ericsson has recently introduced a variety of Ethernet switches specifically designed for small to medium businesses (SMBs).

Article | 26/03/2011 IPv4 address transfers must meet policy, ARIN chief says

The chief executive of the American Registry for Internet Numbers (ARIN) said today that any transfer of IPv4 addresses from one organization to anoth...

Article | 19/03/2011 Can your browser really stop sites from tracking you?

Something like this has happened to all of us lately: You shop for a watch for a friend's birthday and for a week afterwards every site you visit feat...

Article | 16/03/2011 Telcos must embrace the NBN as a chance to innovate

Telcos must welcome the development of the National Broadband Network (NBN) as a chance to innovate, or face unpopularity, a member of TM Forum said.

Article | 9/03/2011 Internode ramps up network capacity by 130 per cent

South-Australia based ISP, Internode, has bolstered its IP network capacity through a network upgrade.

Article | 7/03/2011 Exetel signals march on SMB market

Exetel chief executive, John Linton, has signalled that the internet service provider has begun reshaping itself to better target the country's small ...

Article | 9/03/2011 Optus calls for NBN volume discounts

Optus will push for NBN Co to be given the power to offer volume discounts to service providers on the National Broadband Network (NBN) under legislat...

Article | 10/03/2011 House subcommittee votes to kill net neutrality

A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee has voted in favor of a resolution to throw out the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's recently ado...

Article | 4/03/2011 iPad 2 both excites and frustrates business customers

Apple's new iPad 2 tablet computer will only strengthen the company's grip in one market that isn't even a priority for it: the enterprise. And that l...

Article | 25/02/2011 Gigabit optical network slated for Taiwan

Alcatel-Lucent and Taiwan's main fixed-line telecom provider will build a gigabit passive optical network by the third quarter of 2011 to merge high-s...