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• "It's TV, Jim, but not as we know it"

  Prepare yourself for the 'TV Wars', and the new content delivery methods which are rapidly emerging with it. That's right, your good 'ol beaut TV set and the way in which your favourite shows are transmitted to you could soon become obsolete... Posted Aug 06 2008, 04:01 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Seven Network, Pay TV, IPTV, Video on Demand, VOD, TiV

• ABC iView - Video On Demand

  The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) has unveiled their new iView service which gives users the ability to watch ABC1 and ABC2 programs online for free and up to 30 days after appearing on TV. iView is a free service that requires nothing more... Posted Jul 25 2008, 02:23 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Australian Broadcasting Commission, ABC, iView, IPTV, Video on Demand, VOD

• VDSL2 Broadband Technology - A FTTN Potential

  Very high speed digital subscriber line, otherwise known as VDSL2, has been touted as the broadband technology type that will be used by the winning tender for the new national broadband network. VDSL2 is capable of broadband speeds in excess of 100Mbps... Posted Jun 02 2008, 01:25 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, FTTN, VDSL2, NBN

• Telstra Structural Separation looms

  Competition or no competition, that is the answer! The deconstruction of Telstra as a vertically integrated Telecommunication company could be nigh as the push for it's structural separation gains momentum. In a report released by 'Competition... Posted May 27 2008, 09:20 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Telstra, Optus, Structural Separation, NBN

• Structural Separation of Telstra: The Final Conflict

  If Britain, Europe and now New Zealand are anything to go by in the Telecommunication's Industry, then surely it might nearly be curtains for Telstra as a vertical integrated company? In the latest structural separation of a monolithic telecommunication's... Posted Apr 01 2008, 09:36 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Telstra, Structural Separation

• Australian Broadband Survey 2007/08 Results

  The results are in! A recent Australian Broadband Survey Report conducted in 07/08 stated that more than 50% of respondents clearly voted for the Government as the entity who should be behind the next generation internet access network (FTTN). Other significant... Posted Mar 03 2008, 09:03 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Statistics, Broadband Prices, Customer Service, Internet

• New PIPE to lower costs and increase speeds

  As expected, Pipe Networks have announced the go ahead of their $200 million submarine Internet cable project (PPC-1) which is due to open in June 2009. Federal Communications Minister 'Stephen Conroy' suggested that the new undersea cable would... Posted Jan 15 2008, 09:17 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Submarine Cable Network, Stephen Conroy, Pipe Networks, Cheap Broadband

• Increased Internet use to cause Meltdown by 2010?

  The past decade has seen a rapid emergence of Internet use that may in fact lead to a 'meltdown' by the time 2010 comes around. Analyst group 'Nemertes Research' conducted studies over the past year that suggests the Internet could drastically... Posted Nov 20 2007, 02:21 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Broadband Future, Internet

• Mixed feelings on Oz Broadband Ranking

  Australia has risen four places in Broadband world rankings which currently witnesses our position as 12th overall. That's the good news. However, the latest OECD figures show that Australia has also started dragging the chain again and fallen behind... Posted Nov 07 2007, 12:47 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, FTTH, Broadband Technology, Statistics

• ISP level filters a joke

  We all want to protect the innocent from the online rubbish thats polluting the Internet nowdays, but just how to implement the best resource to do so is the question. Industry experts from Australia's leading ISPs are suggesting the government's... Posted Aug 13 2007, 10:32 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband, Government

• Bandwidth prices to fall in 2008

  Bandwidth prices are set to fall as Pipe Networks announce a new deal linking an undersea cable to Guam. An agreement with Tyco Telecommunication will pave the way to severing the current duopoly that has a stranglehold on local Internet quotas. Telecommunication... Posted Aug 09 2007, 02:57 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband News, Broadband

• FTTN over WiMax says Labor

  While the current government has committed to a WiMax rollout for the bush, Labor communication spokesperson Stephen Conroy has suggested that providing these rural areas with wireless Broadband is a mistake and added that a fibre-to-the-node network... Posted Aug 07 2007, 10:45 AM by Ronnie with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Broadband, FTTN, WiMax, Labor

• Telstra Sing Terrorism Threat

  Telstra's shakedown of the government's handling of the FTTN Network initiative has been taken another level. This time the telco giant is suggesting that the threat of 'terrorism' could loom if the fibre to the node broadband network... Posted Aug 02 2007, 02:13 PM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband News, Broadband, FTTN, Government

• Going Solo?

  Telstra's cheief executive Sol Trujillo recently indicated that Telstra could roll out a national fibre network regardless of any governement assistance as they did with their Next G wireless network. These comments have surfaced in light of Telstra... Posted Aug 01 2007, 09:40 AM by Ronnie with | with no comments Filed under: Broadband News, Broadband, FTTN