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Conroy gives rural ISPs guidance on bush broadband

Conroy gives rural ISPs guidance on bush broadband

Communications Minister Senator Stephen Conroy has issued a new set of guidelines for ISPs servicing rural and regional Australia, on the back of the Federal government's decision to extend the Australian Broadband Guarantee as part of last Tuesday's budget.

20/05/2008 01:02 PM

ISP filtering to get Fed govt subsidy: Budget 08

ISPs will be granted a one-off government subsidy towards the cost of installing filtering technology as part of the Rudd government's AU$125.8 million cybersafety plan.

13/05/2008 10:08 PM

Rural broadband guarantee extended till 2012

The government has extended its subsidy to help rural Australians establish a broadband connection by four years.

13/05/2008 09:45 PM

Sydney's free Wi-Fi plans scrapped

The NSW government has scrapped plans to offer free Wi-Fi in Sydney, citing spiralling costs and overseas failures for killing the project.

02/05/2008 01:11 PM

2.4 million more Aussies now have 20Mbps

Telstra has announced it has finished switching on ADSL2+ at over 900 exchanges to give 2.4 million Australians a theoretical maximum downlink speed of up to 20 Mbps.

11/04/2008 03:14 PM

Conroy kills $1bn OPEL rural broadband contract

The federal government has cancelled the contract for Optus and Elders to build a WiMAX broadband network, the companies say.

02/04/2008 12:40 PM

Australia's uncapped broadband data dream dies

The dream of broadband without data limits is set to slip through Australians' fingers, as countries like the UK start to wave goodbye to their own uncapped plans.

17/03/2008 03:53 PM

Free Wi-Fi set to go full-time at Sydney libraries

Over the past four weeks, the City of Sydney Council has been trialling the provision of free Wi-Fi services in its libraries. With only a fortnight to go before the hotspots are switched off, a spokesperson has said that users won't have long to wait before access becomes a permanent fixture.

20/02/2008 12:43 PM

Smile, you're on a bar Webcam

Around the United States, bars and clubs are tapping the Internet to let people know when they're hopping -- or dreadfully quiet. Will this idea catch on in Australia?

20/02/2008 11:13 AM

Telstra Next G jumping to 21Mbps in 2008

Telstra has revealed that it will be increasing the speeds of its Next G network to 21Mbps by the end of this year -- creating what it claims will be the fastest mobile service in the world.

12/02/2008 01:22 PM

Telstra 'loses game of chicken' on ADSL2+ rollout

Telstra has officially switched on over 900 ADSL2+ exchanges, amid allegations of spin by the telco over its decision to back down on the issue of regulation.

06/02/2008 03:11 PM

Farmers: We need broadband for business

Farmers: We need broadband for business

Broadband is a vital tool for Australia's farmers, new research has found.

31/01/2008 11:05 AM

Australia getting more broadband for its buck

Australian broadband users are getting more out of their Internet connections although prices have remained static, a report from the Internet Industry Association (IIA) has found.

31/01/2008 10:59 AM

Skype's mobile dreams

Skype's mobile dreams

While it makes sense for Skype to be on mobile phones, it may be years before the free peer-to-peer software makes its way into the mobile market in a big way.

10/01/2008 11:56 PM

Intel CEO predicts a more personalised Internet

Intel CEO predicts a more personalised Internet

In the future, Intel chief executive Paul Otellini predicts Internet services will be more proactive, predictive and context aware.

10/01/2008 12:31 PM

Top 10 innovations to change the tech world

2007 saw millions of innovations shoot from the minds of tech heads into the world of reality -- here are a few ZDNet Australia thought were pretty cool.

31/12/2007 10:08 AM

Optus cable upgrade ushers in 20Mbps

Optus has upgraded its cable network in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane boosting maximum speeds to up to 20Mbps on certain plans.

19/12/2007 11:52 AM

Optus does a Vodafone with 3G 2008 upgrade

Optus has followed network partner Vodafone in announcing it plans to switch on HSPA coverage across Australia by the end of next year -- some 18 months earlier than planned.

13/12/2007 04:08 PM

Vodafone takes high-speed 3G to the bush

Vodafone has announced a New Year's resolution that will be music to the ears of long-suffering regional mobile phone users -- promising to spend up to AU$500 million on a next generation mobile broadband network that will cover some 95 percent of the Australian population by Christmas 2008.

12/12/2007 12:10 PM

3 slashes mobile broadband prices for Christmas

3 has slashed the cost of its mobile data packages in time for Christmas, which now puts the carrier in line with rivals Vodafone and Optus, both of which announced similar deals last week.

07/12/2007 01:49 PM

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