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Article | 14/05/2009 Illegal downloaders should be banned from the net
The UK Film Council, along with a number of other industry bodies and trade unions, is urging the government to ban illegal downloaders from the net.
Article | 13/05/2009 Brits get less than half their advertised broadband speed
On average, Brits are getting less than half the broadband speed they pay for, says Broadband Genie.
Article | 13/05/2009 Baby monitors blamed for slow Wi-Fi
Slow Wi-Fi connections in urban areas may be caused by baby monitors and other unlicensed devices that operate on the 2.4GHz band, says Ofcom.
Article | 9/05/2009 Ericsson connects India's homes with high-speed fibre
Telecom company Ericsson has said that its fibre technology is connecting homes in India for the first time to a breadth of high-end data, TV and comm...
Article | 7/05/2009 Virgin trials 200Mbps home broadband access
Virgin Media has revealed that following successful labs trials, it is publicly testing 200Mbps broadband access.
Article | 6/05/2009 Singapore's National Broadband Network progresses
More major milestones have been passed in Singapore's journey towards the landmark next generation national broadband network (Next Gen NBN).
Article | 24/04/2009 Govt's $250M won't fix bush broadband
The bush will only get marginally better broadband despite the government's $250 million splurge to lay more fibre cable.
Article | 23/04/2009 Feds kickstart rural broadband
The federal government has moved to fast track the development of the National Broadband Network in regional Australia.
Article | 23/04/2009 My Net Fone to launch Naked ADSL2+
My Net Fone is to launch a national Naked ADSL2+ service in mid-May aimed at encouraging fixed line telephony users to ditch their current provider in...
Article | 22/04/2009 100 Gigabit Ethernet: Bridge to Terabit Ethernet
IT managers who are getting started with -- or even pushing the limits of -- 10 Gigabit Ethernet in their LANs and data centers won't have to wait lon...
Article | 7/04/2009 ISPs hail National Broadband Network announcement
Australian Internet service providers (ISPs) have lauded the announcement by the federal government that it will establish a new company to build the ...
Article | 7/04/2009 New NBN proposal promises faster Internet for homes and businesses
The Federal Government this morning unveiled its plans for the National Broadband Network (NBN). Spanning eight years and projected to cost $43 billio...
Article | 7/04/2009 Government spends $43 billion to establish National Broadband Network
The Federal Government will establish a new public company to build the next-generation National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia.
Article | 18/03/2009 MyNetFone to offer Naked ADSL2+
VoIP provider MyNetFone has announced that it will provide a nationwide Naked ADSL service
Article | 4/03/2009 Exchange closure nets customers for Telstra, irks iiNet
iiNet has rejected Telstra's claims it is not to blame for the closure of its Canberra exchange and subsequent disconnection of 42 customers from riva...