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Coalition broadband to woo independents?

Senior Liberal Senator Nick Minchin believes the Coalition's $6 billion broadband plan will be more attractive to three country-based independent MPs than Labor's planned $43 billion network.

16 hours ago in NBN by AAP 1 Comment

Will NBN build stop until govt chaos over?

The National Broadband Network Company would not confirm this morning whether it will continue to roll out optic fibre around the nation while Australia's Parliament attempts to resolve whether the Coalition or Labor will form government.

17 hours ago in NBN by Renai LeMay and AAP Comment

Election rant reply 7: lust for trust

Labor took what was by far the better broadband policy to the electorate when the election campaign started. But Labor has not sold its policy well.

1 day ago in NBN by Renai LeMay 1 Comment

Election rant 7: Abbott's lust

Tony Abbott is a man full of lust — and I'm not talking about the fun kind. Abbott's single-handed determination to get the Coalition into power and turn Australian telecoms back to the Howard era have led him to support a dead-end NBN strategy that is not only worse than Labor's, but is directly against the government's responsibility to execute future-focused leadership, create jobs and develop new opportunities for growth. But will voters remember that when they head to the polls?

2 days ago in NBN by David Braue 9 Comments

iiNet's 1TB plan, now playing on NBN

iiNet today revealed it would provide Tasmanian NBN customers with full 100Mbps speeds on all plans and the option of a terabyte data quota to truly get the benefit out of the fledgling fibre service.

2 days ago in NBN by Renai LeMay 1 Comment

Election rant reply 6: envy can be blind

There's an old saying that I find applies particularly well to the debate over whether Australia needs a fibre-to-the-home National Broadband Network: "The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence".

2 days ago in NBN by Renai LeMay 2 Comments

Telecom NZ happy to see AAPT go

Telecom NZ has admitted that it will be glad to see the back of AAPT's embattled consumer business, with chief executive officer (CEO) Dr Paul Reynolds saying that the consumer business wasn't its strong suit.

2 days ago in Results by AAP and Luke Hopewell Comment

Coalition confused over national ID card

The Liberal Party is in a state of confusion over whether it would deploy national identifiers to keep tabs on people receiving health and welfare benefits, should it win government.

2 days ago in E-Health by Darren Pauli Comment

Ombudsman has an eye on data retention

Ex-Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) CEO, Allan Asher, is set to take up the role of Commonwealth Ombudsman in the coming weeks, armed with a voice of reason and a charge to keep Australians' private data secure when it comes to any proposed data retention scheme.

2 days ago in Filter by Luke Hopewell Comment

TPG joins the 1TB plan bandwagon

TPG has become the latest internet service provider to launch a broadband plan featuring a total of a terabyte of monthly quota, following launches by iiNet and Primus this week.

2 days ago in Telcos by Renai LeMay Comment

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Android continues to skyrocket, Windows Mobile can do the same - ZDNet (blog) http://1o1.in/5fy

Android continues to skyrocket, Windows Mobile can do the same - ZDNet (blog) http://1o1.in/5fy

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RT @kaycee_a: RT @Necros_hun: Keep an eye out for #TabrettBethell in the background too, you don't want to miss somethi... http://bit.ly/anV

Soca to 'melt' into new National Crime Agency: Incidents that involve organised crime are then investigated by the... http://bit.ly/9Ezkfb

Urbanears Medis earphones (ocean) http://bit.ly/bQ0wuh

Good article on where the independents stand in relation to the major parties' broadband policies http://bit.ly/a6RAwl #ausvotes

Coalition broadband to woo independents? - Communications - News http://bit.ly/9SnZBQ _ Let's hope not

So that $6B must include a mobile tower on every farm!

10 hours ago by xBeanie on Coalition broadband to woo independents?

Coalition broadband to woo independents? ZDNet: http://bit.ly/cj7E1Q

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12 hours ago by Sizam on Impatient TV viewers turn to BitTorrent

I'm with you all the way and the main thing that I don't understand is the fact that if labour plans to spend,whats the figure,40...

12 hours ago by scottysdad on Election rant reply 6: envy can be blind

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12 hours ago by privatekrankenversicherung on Abbott unleashes his inner tech-head

RT @zdnetaustralia: http://bit.ly/cIjeZG NBN Co won't say if it will keep rolling out fibre this week as we work out which party will form government.

Who we're really being over-run by are foreigners who come on planes with legitimate visas and then overstay those legitimate visas. ...

15 hours ago by realdee on Hung parliament keeps future in the balance

Coalition broadband to woo independents?: Senior Liberal Senator Nick Minchin believes the Coalition's $6 billion ... http://bit.ly/d8K8hv

emorey, thats all good and well... but because you don't have/need computers, no one else should be allowed improvement? It's abo...

16 hours ago by RS on Hung parliament keeps future in the balance

It has already been said, but perhaps I should clarify to address these comments. This series of articles was specifically intended to ma...

16 hours ago by davidbraue on Election rant 7: Abbott's lust

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Gee, here it is 2010 and those people connected in Tassie are already enjoying the benefits.Benefits aren't always measured in $'...

17 hours ago by RS on Tassie NBN running under budget: Conroy

Lighten up...FFS. You guys just don't get do you? These are simply the two completely different sides of the same story, put forward...

17 hours ago by RS on Election rant 7: Abbott's lust

Broadband is not the priority in our area here, as a lot of people in our area don't use internet. My sister inlaw and some of my fr...

18 hours ago by emorey on Hung parliament keeps future in the balance

Blah blah Liberal BS. The BS line that what people want is mobilty. The BS line that no-one needs the NBN. Because, every Tech Centre can...

1 day ago by damo65 on Election rant reply 5: telco gluttony

Look, Luddite, it's fairly simple. Like you, really. The world has changed since, well, 1950. Bob Menzies isn't PM any more, for ...

1 day ago by damo65 on Election rant reply 6: envy can be blind

One word reply? Luddite. Two word reply? Moronic Luddite. Same thing really, I guess. All your replies follow the same basic path. All ar...

1 day ago by damo65 on Election rant reply 7: lust for trust

Things to explore Election rant reply 7: lust for trust: Labor took what was by far the better broadb... http://bit.ly/ah2sUI #ITTChallenge

What an idiot. Why implement the NBN when no benefits will be seen by at least 2019? Why implement the filter that makes a mockery of the...

1 day ago by tommytg on Tassie NBN running under budget: Conroy

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ABC's MediaHub... Amazing stuff http://bit.ly/cZ3Aja. Would've been great to be involved in building it.

Solusi APJII tadi mirip dengan survey McNair di Australia 05/2010 : http://bit.ly/b1GOtf . 92% parents prefers optional filtering

RT @McGeeSmith: RT @tpassios Medibank (Australia) replaces Avaya comms platform with Interactive Intelligence http://twurl.nl/v517k2 >1,000 user deal

RT @pauljmason: News from Australia : Australian Bureau of Statistics goes social with IBM http://zdnet.com.au/339305291 #connections

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Medibank (Australia) replaces Avaya comms platform with Interactive Intelligence http://twurl.nl/v517k2

Microsoft Tech.Ed 2010 goes IPv6 http://zdnet.com.au/339305258/

RT @digitaltasmania : ZDNet: @iiNet's 1TB plan, now playing on #NBN http://bit.ly/cbzDPs = 1000gb/mon DL @ 100mbit/s for $100 (bundled)

ZDNet: @iiNet's 1TB plan, now playing on #NBN http://bit.ly/cbzDPs = 1000gb/mon DL @ 100mbit/s for $100 (bundled)

Election summary: non-broadband policies: With just one more sleep until election day, it's clear that it has been... http://bit.ly/bqlmF1

Still undecided on who to vote for? See our election table summarising each parties' non-broadband policies http://bit.ly/cdhXJa

RT @zdnetaustralia: iiNet's Tassie NBN customers will get 100Mbps speeds with the option of 1TB data quota http://bit.ly/dyuf5y

Tech23 company, Saber Astronautics Australia received coverage re: Aussie space program. http://bit.ly/bOsLvp

Coalition confused over national ID card http://bit.ly/aXHX6Z #ausvotes Say no to mandatory ID card!

Election rant 6: NBN envy – or apathy? http://bit.ly/dxlefC my 6th reply to @zyzzyvamedia's 6th NBN election rant: http://bit.ly/92upPk

Election rant 6: NBN envy – or apathy? http://bit.ly/dxlefC my 6th reply to @zyzzyvamedia's 6th NBN election rant: http://bit.ly/92upPk

More still on RFID Microchips from the Coalition.... http://fb.me/DWSMBiOZ

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