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  • Tasmania to get new broadband on fibre trial

    Broadband via optical fibre, which provides transmission speeds up to 400 times faster than current ADSL technology, is set to be trialled in Tasmania.

  • Tassie fibre broadband back on track

    A project testing fibre to the home (FTTH) broadband technology in Tasmania is finally close to connecting trial customers, after suffering delays in the last 21 months since it was first announced.

  • Mount Gambier to get fibre broadband

    The South Australian government hopes to build a fibre broadband network in the regional centre of Mount Gambier.

  • Tassie fibre broadband trial to start November

    Around 1250 buildings in Tasmanian cities Hobart and Devonport will get 100Mbps fibre broadband piped to their front door, in a two-year trial due to start late November.

  • Queensland fibre hit by national plan

    The federal government's plans to build a $4.7 billion national fibre to the node broadband network (NBN) could be stopping one of Queensland's newest cities from getting fibre to the home.

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    Could you believe in Steve?

    For no particular reason that I can discern, a 1979 Kenny Rogers song popped into my head as I was considering the ever more complex morass that is the national broadband network tender which Senator Stephen Conroy defended in his CeBIT keynote speech.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Choosing a vote: as easy as O-E-C-D?

    Well, here we are. After years of bluster, measured progress and loads of annoyance, Australia's broadband users head to the polls on Saturday with a score to settle.

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    Fibre isn't for everyone

    Just a few days after the Australia Connected program was launched Communications Minister Helen Coonan was selling the initiative to the TV talk shows.

  • Read the blog post - David Braue

    Fit for purpose, not just for headlines

    With the OPEL bid cancelled and procedural questions dogging the FTTN bid, Australia is currently in something of a technological limbo.

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    Conroy's Six: Can FTTN's gatekeepers deliver?

    Post-election adrenaline surging through his veins, one of the first acts performed by new Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was to disband the expert panel that his predecessor Helen Coonan had appointed last June to evaluate tenders for fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) construction.

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  • Mount Gambier to get fibre broadband

    The South Australian government hopes to build a fibre broadband network in the regional centre of Mount Gambier.

  • Conroy charts national broadband agenda

    The Australian Labor Party's ICT shadow minister wants a national fibre broadband network and enough skilled people to exploit it.

  • Around the world in ... Fibre-to-the-home

    If the world's homes are to enjoy the same high speed connectivity as its offices, the current thinking goes, then fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) will soon become necessary. However, not all Internet economies were created equal.

  • Telstra details fibre plans on Gold Coast

    Telstra today detailed plans for its next-generation access technology commercial pilot of Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) on Queensland's Gold Coast later this year.

  • Shocking times for Aussie broadband over powerline

    It seemed like a good idea at the time, but Australian utilities' recent abandonment of broadband over powerline (BPL) technology has all but sealed the fate of a technology that was once hoped to bring high-speed data to every corner of Australia.

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Reviews (9)

  • Broadband: Which plan is for you?

    The broadband business -- plans, peaks, and penalties -- can be confusing to say the least. We line up some of Australia's best.

  • Banking on broadband

    Thousands of SMEs are expected to move to DSL broadband by the end of the year. ZDNet Australia examines the industry and shows how to navigate this competitive and confusing market.

  • Hyper-V

    Microsoft's Hyper-V is a solid virtualisation platform that's compatible with a wide range of modern server hardware.

  • Wireless -- willing but not able

    Australia still has way to go before it can meet its full potential with wireless and broadband.

  • Untangling the wireless future

    Faced with an increasing number of wireless technologies and standards, planning a long-term networking strategy is a daunting prospect.

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