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Article | 17/02/2009 Benchmarker defends Oz broadband report
A telco analyst firm responsible for a scathing report on Internet access in Australia has defended its claims amid a barrage of criticism.
Article | 19/01/2009 Report: Australian broadband performance on the rise
Australian Internet surfers enjoyed significant improvements in performance during the last quarter of 2008, according to new international research.
Article | 12/12/2008 Federal, state and local Governments set national broadband priorities
Australian Governments of all levels have jointly released a framework to accelerate the development and use of broadband in Australia to ensure the c...
Article | 5/12/2008 About those 'Net capacity issues: There's more
A little over a year ago, my colleagues and I modeled current and projected Internet capacity and anticipated demand to see if the curves ever crossed...
Article | 24/11/2008 U.S. needs more broadband competition, expert says
By some measures, the U.S. broadband market is healthy -- prices have fallen, speed has increased and millions of people have become customers in rece...
Article | 20/11/2008 BT to kill 100Mbps fibre broadband?
BT is considering shelving its £1.5bn (US$2.2 billion) high-speed fibre optic broadband network.
Article | 6/11/2008 Worldwide broadband prices continue to drop
Broadband subscribers all over the world are getting more for their money. The cost for cable, fiber and DSL (digital subscriber line) subscriptions a...
Article | 26/09/2008 Commission calls for broadband access for all Europeans
Broadband access to the internet should be a universal service for all European Union citizens, the European Commission said Thursday as it launched a...
Article | 15/09/2008 Australia in list of countries lagging behind in supplying speedy broadband
Broadband speeds in the U.K., Italy and Australia and many other countries are barely keeping pace with the demands of Web-based applications and vide...
Article | 27/08/2008 iPrimus launches price-capped mobile broadband
Telco iPrimus has launched what it claims is Australia's first capped-price mobile broadband service that slows the connection speed when the 6GB of m...
Article | 25/08/2008 Telstra shakes up mobile broadband pricing
Telstra’s BigPond business unit has cut the price of its mobile broadband services and now charges the same rate for wireless mobile card plans as it ...
Article | 18/08/2008 Vodafone launches mobile broadband on a USB stick
If you need wireless broadband, but don’t have a PC card to slot in a modem, Vodafone’s new USB Internet Stick mobile broadband service might be what ...