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  Broadband ISP iiNet is considering reselling mobile phone and mobile data services. The company also hopes to replace Optus as the second largest broadband player in Australia, according to Greg Bader, the company's chief technology officer.

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  Apple has killed the video store; will ISPs be next?

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  Optus loses the sunshine state

  Optus customers in Queensland are stranded in a communications desert, with a cable break at the Gold Coast wreaking havoc.

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  Telstra unveils T[Life] Melbourne

  Telstra has thrown the covers off three new stores in Melbourne including the company's largest retail outlet located in the heart of Melbourne's CBD.

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  ISPs: Govt porn filters 'could cripple internet'

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  Conroy gives rural ISPs guidance on bush broadband

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  Optus to turn away customers

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  Telstra stands up for shareholders

  Telstra has denied it is being inflexible by deciding against a fibre to the node network (FTTN) deployment until the right regulatory environment comes into play, a senior executive said.

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  Telstra lauds cable plan to US

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  Optus dodges mobile in latest cap bundle

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  Is cable the answer to Australian broadband woes?

  What many of us may have forgotten is that there is already a perfectly acceptable technology for delivering triple-play services — voice, TV and data over a single cable — and doing it cost-effectively and at high volume.

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  30Mbps cable coming to Australia this year

  Telstra has announced that its cable network will be upgraded to provide speeds of 30Mbps in the coming months.

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  Fibre optic networks to break light speed?

  German scientists claim to have broken the light speed barrier, which could blow away the known limitations of modern networking but the technology is unlikely to make it into a product -- if at all -- until most administrators working today have retired.

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  Telstra turns on 30Mbps cable in Sydney, Melbourne

  Telstra has upgraded its cable speeds in Sydney and Melbourne, offering users a bump to 30Mbps.

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  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.

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