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Leaked: ISPs Worldwide To Become Copyright Cops?
11:20PM Danny Allen | New negotiations for an international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) kick off today, and this round focuses on a secretive internet piracy plan drafted by the US government. No text has been released, but secret copyright treaty details have surfaced. It’s not looking good. More »
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µTorrent 2.0 Self Throttles So ISPs Don’t Have To…What?
4:15AM Danny Allen | This is weird: The next version of µTorrent, currently in beta, uses an updated version of the BitTorrent protocol that decreases your speed (usually uploads) when it detects network congestion. Will it slow downloads? Not necessarily…apparently. More »
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10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how last month an enterprising South African used a carrier pigeon to transfer data, and it was faster than using his DSL connection? Oh, how we laughed and laughed. Well, turns out that our own broadband situation is similarly awful, with ABC program Hungry Beast putting Telstra’s broadband to test against a pigeon and a car. Guess which one was the slowest? More »
Rural Aussie Broadband Slower Than Carrier Pigeon
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how last month an enterprising South African used a carrier pigeon to transfer data, and it was faster than using his DSL connection? Oh, how we laughed and laughed. Well, turns out that our own broadband situation is similarly awful, with ABC program Hungry Beast putting Telstra’s broadband to test against a pigeon and a car. Guess which one was the slowest? More »
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Losing Net Neutrality: The Worst Case Scenario
12:13AM John Herrman | It’s alarmist, over-the-top anti-net-neutrality propaganda, sure, but this chart goes a long way to explaining why the IT dude at the office wears that “All Packet are Created Equal” shirt to work every other day. Short answer: because tiered ISPs are scary. More »
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3:27PM Nick Broughall | It must be cold down in Hell at the moment, because Telstra CEO David Thodey has just admitted that their broadband pricing is “out of line”. Even better, they’re planning aggressive price cuts. More »
Telstra Admits They Charge Too Much
3:27PM Nick Broughall | It must be cold down in Hell at the moment, because Telstra CEO David Thodey has just admitted that their broadband pricing is “out of line”. Even better, they’re planning aggressive price cuts. More »
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2:00PM Nick Broughall | Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its Internet Activity findings for June this year. And it looks like we Australians like our downloading. More »
How Much Data Does Australia Download?
2:00PM Nick Broughall | Yesterday the Australian Bureau of Statistics released its Internet Activity findings for June this year. And it looks like we Australians like our downloading. More »
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Attention Portuguese People: You’re About To Get The Fastest Broadband In The World
3:40AM John Herrman | Portuguese ISP Zon Multimedia will deliver one gigabit of bandwidth to broadband customers come September. One gigabit! So, if you want a truly fast internet connection in 2009, you’re better off moving to the Azores than, say, New York City. More »
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3:27PM Nick Broughall | Like we needed more proof that Conroy’s mandatory filter is a complete waste of time and money – ARN has reported that one of the ISPs involved in the trial – Nelson Bay Online – had just 15 people opt in, or about one percent of their customers. Yeah, that’s a surefire way to get some useful information, right there. More »
One Mandatory Filter Trial ISP Only Had 15 Customers Opt In…
3:27PM Nick Broughall | Like we needed more proof that Conroy’s mandatory filter is a complete waste of time and money – ARN has reported that one of the ISPs involved in the trial – Nelson Bay Online – had just 15 people opt in, or about one percent of their customers. Yeah, that’s a surefire way to get some useful information, right there. More »
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4:30PM Nick Broughall | Choosing a broadband plan for you or I is a fairly simple task, because we know what we want. We know how much data we’ll need, we know how fast we need our broadband, we know whether we get ADSL2+ or not… but for some people it’s a confusing mess of acronyms and figures. That’s apparently why Internode has launched its “Easy Broadband” plans, so those people can just sign up and get 30GB of data every month for just $50. More »
Internode Offering 30GB for $50/Month, With A Catch
4:30PM Nick Broughall | Choosing a broadband plan for you or I is a fairly simple task, because we know what we want. We know how much data we’ll need, we know how fast we need our broadband, we know whether we get ADSL2+ or not… but for some people it’s a confusing mess of acronyms and figures. That’s apparently why Internode has launched its “Easy Broadband” plans, so those people can just sign up and get 30GB of data every month for just $50. More »
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