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Article | 26/11/2009 Telstra revamps BigPond broadband plans
Telstra today unveiled new consumer broadband plans that promise faster speeds, higher data allowances and cheaper monthly fees -- but only if you bun...
Article | 19/11/2009 Telstra unveils Australia’s fastest cable broadband
Telstra will launch Australia’s fastest cable broadband network in Melbourne on December 1 in a move to increase speed and bandwidth for multiple user...
Article | 18/11/2009 Delay to broadband investment provokes outrage in Italy
The announcement at the beginning of the month that the government was postponing a Euros 800 million (US$1.2 billion) investment in modernizing Italy...
Article | 11/11/2009 WiMAX switched on in South Australia
Adelaide became the first city in Australia to utilise WiMAX broadband technology as South Australian ISP Adam Internet yesterday switched on its Adam...
Article | 11/11/2009 US agencies streamline broadband funding process
Two U.S. agencies responsible for distributing US$7.2 billion in broadband deployment grants by the end of 2010 have streamlined the process by cuttin...
Article | 6/11/2009 Internode launches new ‘Easy Naked’ plan
Australian Internet Provider Internode has launched a new Naked ADSL plan that provides 50GB of data and $10 of VoIP calls for $69.95 a month.
Article | 28/10/2009 US smart-grid money could assist broadband
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday unveiled US$3.4 billion in grants to update the nation's electrical grid, but the benefits could reach to the b...
Article | 14/10/2009 75 per cent of mobile broadband users in the UK unhappy with speed
More than three quarters of mobile broadband users in the UK are not satisfied with the speeds provided by their service providers, says <a href="http...
Article | 7/10/2009 First LTE networks will deliver 20 Mbps of download speed
When the first LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks and devices are launched next year, users can expect to see a download speed of about 20Mbps, accord...
Article | 1/10/2009 Broadband will connect 20% of households worldwide this year, Gartner projects
Research firm Gartner is projecting that 20% of households worldwide will be connected to the Internet through a broadband connection by year-end.
Article | 26/08/2009 Illegal downloaders face broadband ban
Aggressive efforts to cut off illegal file sharers from the internet, originally rejected in the government's Digital Britain report, are back on with...
Article | 12/08/2009 Internode brings naked ADSL to the Tassie masses
Internode has launched its 'NakedExtreme' naked ADSL service in Tasmania, following its mainland launch in August last year. The new service is expect...
Article | 10/08/2009 Telstra offers Acer laptops with built-in mobile broadband
Telstra has added three Acer notebooks with built-in mobile broadband to [[xref:http://www.techworld.com.au/tag/nextg|its Next G device|TechWorld :: N...
Article | 6/08/2009 A third of Europeans have never used the Internet
Nearly a third of Europeans have never been online, according to a EU report.
Article | 28/07/2009 Verizon adds hotspots to consumer broadband
Verizon Communications offered most of its wired broadband customers free access to Wi-Fi hotspots around the U.S. on Monday, supplementing its wireli...