Australia Officially Names NBN Retail Providers for Tasmania
Total Telecom
Primus Telecom, Internode and iiNet were on Monday named by the Australian government as the first retail providers to offer services on leg one of a planned A$43 billion national high-speed Internet network, currently being rolled out in Tasmania state.
Topics: Australia, BigPond, broadband, iiNet, Internode, NBN, networking, Primus, Tasmania, telecom, wireless
The Australian: Broadband Network Will Be $43 Billion White Elephant
The Australian
THE present federal budget describes the Rudd government’s $43 billion national broadband network as the single largest building infrastructure project in Australian history. What has emerged from these multi-billion-dollar spending splurges is an absence of good governance. Political rhetoric and spin have taken precedence over economic common sense.
Topics: Australia, BigPond, broadband, carrier, [...]
Bolton’s Bottle Being Sued for $2.6 Million
Sydney Morning Herald
According to a website that has sprung up to track Alla’s business deals, the men behind the company have racked up debts to Optus, Primus and NEC via third-party intermediaries such as Bottle Infrastructure.
Topics: Australia, Google, Optus, Primus, Sydney, telecom
Pirate Party, Greens battle Conroy’s filter
ZDNet, Australia
Pirate Party Australia has expressed its disgust at Communications Minister Stephen Conroy’s announcement of legislation to make internet service provider level filteringnecessary, while the Greens have vowed to attack the legislation in the Senate.
Topics: Asia, attack, Australia, blacklist, blocked, government, ISP, legislation, Optus, Primus, Senate, Stephen Conroy, Telstra
Conroy to talk filter today
ZDNet, Australia
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy has scheduled a “cyber-safety” announcement at 2pm today in Melbourne in which he is expected to release the results of the live pilot of the government’s planned mandatory internet service provider (ISP) filtering scheme.
Topics: Australia, blacklist, government, iiNet, ISP, Melbourne, Optus, Primus, security, Stephen Conroy, Telstra
Industry laments loss of Pipe Networks
ZDNet, Australia
Pipe Networks’ chief, Bevan Slattery, may have found his “cash-out” door from the company that helped internet service providers snub Telstra, but many of those customers are not happy that a direct competitor could now control it.
Topics: ADSL, Australia, broadband, iiNet, Internode, ISP, NBN, Pipe Networks, Primus, telecom, telecommunications, Telstra
Telco rivals claim legislative urgency
ZDNet, Australia
In a joint statement released this morning, telcos iiNet, Internode, Macquarie Telecom, Netspace, Optus, Primus, TransACT and VHA have voiced their support for legislation paving the way for the separation of larger competitor Telstra.
Topics: attack, Australia, broadband, government, iiNet, Internode, laws, legislation, NBN, Optus, Parliament, Primus, Senate, telecom, telecommunications, Telstra
Telcos fuming over Telstra access win
ZDNet, Australia
The Australian Competition Tribunals’ (ACT) decision to wind back regulated access to Telstra’s wholesale network has outraged the telecommunications sector.
Topics: AAP, AAPT, ADSL, Australia, broadband, iiNet, ISP, local loop, naked DSL, Optus, prepaid, Primus, regulation, telecom, telecommunications, Telstra
Pipe’s Guam cable: What does it mean?
ZDNet, Australia
Opinions are split amongst analysts, telcos and ISPs as to whether Pipe’s new PPC-1 Sydney to Guam submarine cable will lead to lower broadband prices for Australians, but all agree the threat of its arrival, set for October, has had a positive impact already.
Topics: Asia, Australia, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, broadband, carrier, [...]
Another Primus outage hits Melbourne
ZDNet, Australia
A three-hour outage suffered by Primus’ Melbourne datacentre over the weekend was due to a backup generator failing to start, according to the telco’s managing director Ravi Bhartia.
Topics: Australia, broadband, Melbourne, Optus, outage, Primus, Telstra
Telstra to plead guilty on access dispute
ZDNet, Australia
Telstra is expected to plead guilty today to breaching its obligations to provide competitors access to its copper network.
Topics: AAP, AAPT, attack, Australia, Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, carrier, government, iiNet, Internode, ISP, Melbourne, Optus, Perth, prepaid, Primus, Telstra
Telstra see attempts to increase ULLS and LSS fees blocked
TeleGeography
… Federal Court by the ACCC, alongside 14 of Australia’s largest internet service providers (ISPs), which included Optus, Macquarie Telecom and Primus. …
Topics: Australia, blocked, ISP, Optus, Primus, telecom, Telstra
NBN Board Has Temporary Pilot, ISP Doubts Still Remain
Australian Techworld
A spokesperson for the Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, said “it is pretty much public knowledge” former Ninemsn CEO Martin Hoffman has been appointed as an interim director of the NBN board and is waiting to be advised of the official announcement of the appointment.
Topics: Australia, ISP, NBN, Primus, telecom
Internet Content Filtering a Waste of Money: Child Groups
Computerworld
Children’s rights group Save the Children has appealed to the Labor Government to drop its controversial plans for a mandatory Internet filter, saying the scheme does not effectively teach children how to protect themselves from online danger.
Topics: Australia, government, ISP, Primus, telecom, telecommunications
WiMAX, Shared DSLAMS to Support New Backhaul Links?
CommsDay
Fixed-line ISPs are considering new WIMAX builds and could potentially share infrastructure in small towns as government-subsidised backhaul links to regional Australia are built. While access-seeker ISPs universally applauded the federal government’s $250m tender for six new fibre transmission routes, carriers are holding out on investment commitments until a business case is assured.
Topics: Australia, [...]
