Friday, August 30, 2013

NBN here to stay, no matter who wins | The Australian

NBN here to stay, no matter who wins | The Australian: "IT may be too late for Stephen Conroy, but his National Broadband Network policy has now won clear bipartisan support, with Tony Abbott almost effusive in his praise of the network in this week's public forum."

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Friday, August 23, 2013

NBN speeds up iiNet profit, growth - Yahoo!7 Finance Australia

NBN speeds up iiNet profit, growth - Yahoo!7 Finance Australia: "Australia's second-largest internet provider iiNet is proving there's nothing wrong with being number two, after posting a 64 per cent rise in profit.
The company made a net profit of $60.9 million in the year to June 30, up from the previous year's $37 million."

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Thursday, August 22, 2013

iiNet hits 20k NBN customers - TransAct, National Broadband Network (NBN), internode, iiNet, broadband - Computerworld

iiNet hits 20k NBN customers - TransAct, National Broadband Network (NBN), internode, iiNet, broadband - Computerworld: "iiNet now has 20,000 customers on the National Broadband Network (NBN), with 60 per cent on fibre, 35 per cent on satellite and 5 per cent on wireless.

iiNet said 50 per cent of customers have signed up for speeds higher than the lowest NBN speed tier of 12/1Mbps.

Michael Malone, CEO at iiNet, said the company expects its subscriber base on the network to grow strongly as the rollout speeds up."

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ACCC delays its call on NBN pricing agreement | Business Spectator

ACCC delays its call on NBN pricing agreement | Business Spectator: "The competition watchdog has put its decision on NBN Co’s Special Access Undertaking (SAU) on hold, saying that issuing a notice on the key document prior to the federal election was impractical.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) boss Rod Sims said that while the impending election has stopped it from making a call, the move would have negligible impact on the NBN."

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Thursday, August 15, 2013

NBN launches faster fixed wireless - BIT

NBN launches faster fixed wireless - BIT: "Speeds of 25Mbps for downloads and 5Mbps for uploads are now available if you are using the fixed wireless NBN service.
If you are using NBN fixed wireless, or you know that's the NBN service earmarked for you suburb, you might be interested to know the speed has increased."

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Sunday, August 11, 2013

NBN interim satellite service a victim of its own success | ZDNet

NBN interim satellite service a victim of its own success | ZDNet: "NBN Co's interim satellite service (ISS) is proving to be so popular that iiNet will be forced to withdraw its highest download offering, citing a lack of capacity on offer on the service."

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Friday, August 9, 2013

Australian Market for Cloud Computing, Data Centres and M2M Reviewed in New Research Report at MarketReportsOnline.com

Australian Market for Cloud Computing, Data Centres and M2M Reviewed in New Research Report at MarketReportsOnline.com: "In Australia, cloud computing solutions are now being adopted by over 80% of enterprises and government institutions. Similar developments can be seen in the consumer market, with services offered by the digital media companies. The NBN in Australia has given an enormous boost to the data centre market, with forward-looking investments worth $5 billion over the next 3-5 years. Currently, the developments are highly centralized in the capital cities, but a more decentralised trend is expected to develop over time. The number of connected M2M devices will grow to between 25 million and 50 million by 2020."

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Monday, August 5, 2013

Southern Vales tipped as our own Silicon Valley as more homes and businesses connect to National Broadband Network | Breaking National News and Australian News | Herald Sun

Southern Vales tipped as our own Silicon Valley as more homes and businesses connect to National Broadband Network | Breaking National News and Australian News | Herald Sun: "THE Southern Vales is tipped to become a mini Silicon Valley as the National Broadband Network changes the way people do business in the region.

Almost 600 homes and businesses in McLaren Flat and McLaren Vale gained access to the NBN when it was officially switched on this Wednesday, July 31, joining hundreds of homes in Willunga already connected.

A further 1400 premises are expected to be passed in the townships in the coming months, followed by 17,000 properties in Aldinga and Seaford from November.

Onkaparinga Council also this week launched a trial online development application system, linked with the NBN, which will allow developers and residents to apply and have developments approved without ever having to leave their desk."

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Saturday, August 3, 2013

Is G.Fast an NBN saviour or just a sideshow?

Is G.Fast an NBN saviour or just a sideshow?: "Malcolm Turnbull is talking up the potential of G.Fast for the NBN rollout. Tony Brown says it's not a silver bullet.

When Opposition communications spokesman Malcolm Turnbull talked up the potential of G.Fast at this week's national broadband network debate with journalist Alan Kohler, much of the audience might have thought he was talking about a new action-hero from the movies.

Unless you are a telecoms obsessive you probably have no idea that G.Fast is a new technology that helps deliver ultra-fast broadband speeds over copper networks – and has already delivered 1.3 gigabits per second (Gbps) over a 70-metre length in an Alcatel-Lucent trial."

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The truth about NBN speed claims

The truth about NBN speed claims: "When Brunswick resident Katia Zanutta hooked her computer up to the national broadband network for the first time she understandably went straight to a speed testing website to see how fast it was. After all, speed is the NBN’s main attraction for consumers.

Used to a sluggish and intermittently slow ADSL connection, she was delighted to get a download result of nearly 47 megabits per second (Mbps), upload speeds of more than 18 Mbps and an extremely low latency reading."

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