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What Happened With The NBN This Week?

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1:30PM January 13, 2012 | Nick Broughall

Tower troubles, tide troubles, Tony troubles… It’s been a tough week for NBN Co this week, as you’re about to discover in this week’s roundup… More »


Computing

NBN Wholesale Prices Fixed For Five Years

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3:00PM December 6, 2011 | Nick Broughall

If you were worried about signing up for the NBN and then watching the price go up exponentially, lay your fears aside. NBN Co has announced that it is fixing its wholesale price for five years, before raising them at half the rate of inflation after that. More »


Mobile

Here’s How Fast AT&T’s Real 4G Network Will Be

10:33PM September 7, 2011 | Brian Barrett

Of all the fake, gimpy, tortoise-slow 4Gs of the world, AT&T has historically been far and away the fakest, gimpiest, tortoise-slowest. But the real-deal LTE hotness is coming soon. And as this real-life demo shows, it’s going to be blazing. More »


Mobile

I Don’t Care About AT&T’s Manufactured Network Doomsday

4:50AM August 13, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

Lately, anytime the gaping maw of US carrier AT&T opens, no matter what it’s talking about — puppies! or unlimited data (boring) or financial data — it has to slip in at least a tiny reference to how badly the T-Mobile merger has to happen, or all of our phones are going to explode and the puppies will die and go extinct forever. More »


News

Striking Verizon Workers Destroying Internet Cables

11:16PM August 10, 2011 | Sam Biddle

Lots of Verizon technicians are very angry at their employer — around 45,000 of them. And it appears some of them are pissed enough to sabotage the American ISP’s fibre optic network, the Boston Globe reports — they’re slashing cables. More »


Mobile

I Wish These Parody Ads About AT&T-Mobile Merger Were Funnier

6:40AM July 23, 2011 | Matt Buchanan

There is plenty of comedy gold to be mined from the impending obliteration of one of the four major US carriers and the further consolidation of the telecommunications industry. These videos aren’t quite there, but oh well. More »


Online

A Cloudy Future: Tough Questions For American ISPs

7:00AM July 22, 2011 | andre vrignaud

You think we have it bad here in Australia? Check this out. ISPs in the US are able to limit or cut off internet access for “overuse”. We won’t get to the heart of this matter until people start asking the right questions. here’s a summary of the key issues. More »


Online

What Happened With The NBN This Week?

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6:00PM July 15, 2011 | Danny Allen

This week: Gizmodo explains how the NBN will use a combination of high-speed fibre, fixed-wireless (4G LTE) and satellite to blanket Australia. More »


Online

What Happened With The NBN This Week?

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3:45PM July 8, 2011 | Danny Allen

With every passing week, the NBN becomes more of a permanent reality for Australians. This week: porn expected to drive NBN uptake (who’d have guessed?), iiNet chief calls for end to politicised debate, and the consumer watchdog warns ISPs against overstating NBN speed claims. More »


Online

NBN Co Won’t Filter Internet, ISPs Will

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1:05PM July 6, 2011 | Danny Allen

It’s no secret that Giz isn’t a fan of the government’s filter. Though Telstra has now adopted a more moderate voluntary framework (and Optus soon will), other ISPs like Internode and iiNet call it “security theatre” bypassed with basic DNS tweaks. The latest filter news: NBN Co has confirmed it won’t be filtering–that will remain in the hands of ISPs. More »