NBN Co doubles wireless, satellite speeds | ZDNet

NBN Co doubles wireless, satellite speeds | ZDNet: "Summary: The maximum download and upload speeds for fixed-wireless and satellite services on the National Broadband Network have been more than doubled to 25Mbps down and 5Mbps up, the Australian government has announced."

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What's life really like with the NBN? - National Broadband Network (NBN), NuSkope, Willunga, Telstra - Computerworld

What's life really like with the NBN? - National Broadband Network (NBN), NuSkope, Willunga, Telstra - Computerworld: "NBN Co says there are now just under 1100 premises passed in Willunga and almost half of all premises have signed up for an NBN service."

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NBN Co - National Broadband Network - Australia | NBN in schools leads to better learning: study

NBN Co - National Broadband Network - Australia | NBN in schools leads to better learning: study: "Between June and September last year, sixty teachers from three NBN enabled schools, Willunga High School, PLC Armidale and Armidale TAFE, participated in the 21st Century Teaching Strategies for a Highly Connected World pilot project.

Over the course of ten weeks these teachers explored "what is now possible for our students and our classrooms in a NBN connected world?""

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NBN Co - National Broadband Network - Australia | Four more areas activated for superfast NBN broadband

NBN Co - National Broadband Network - Australia | Four more areas activated for superfast NBN broadband:

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Smart phones, shopping drive digital economy

Smart phones, shopping drive digital economy: "Australia's digital economy grew significantly in 2011-12 with online shopping, social networking sites and a near doubling of smart phone ownership helping drive the boom.

Online shopping activities grew 27 per cent in the 12 months to July 12, according to a new report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).

There are now 11.36 million Facebook users in Australia, 9.67 million YouTube users and, in the 12 months to July 2012, 12.27 million people accessed online news sites."

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Positive signs for Australia’s digital economy

Positive signs for Australia’s digital economy: "Australia’s digital economy continues to grow at a rapid rate, according to research released today by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA).
ACMA has released a major report, “Australia’s progress in the digital economy: Participation, trust and confidence.” It says Australians are deriving real benefits from going online, with nearly three-quarters of adults believing the Internet has improved their daily lives and one third of Australians aged 14 years and older accessing the Internet via their mobile phone—a 52% increase in the 12 months to June 2012."

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Willunga near top for NBN take-up | adelaidenow

Willunga near top for NBN take-up | adelaidenow:

FORTY-FIVE thousand addresses in South Australia will have access to the National Broadband Network by the end of this year, putting the massive $36 billion project on track to meet its 758,000 premises target nationally in 2012, the Federal Government will reveal today.

Take-up rates in one of the first sites to be rolled out - Willunga, to Adelaide's south - are also the second-highest in the country with four in 10 homes, or 41 per cent, electing to use the high-speed internet facility.

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