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Aug 2011 |
Internode has becomes Australia's first ISP to launch IPv6 as a standard service. It is available on an opt-in basis to both Internode's ADSL2+ and NBN customers, following a 20-month public trial.
Internode managing director Simon Hackett said: "Done right, most customers won't notice the change to IPv6We've been deploying and testing IPv6 since 2008ŅWe have also worked with many major router vendors to ensure that, at this point, all the routers sold by Internode now support native dual stack IPv6... |
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Aug 2011 |
Large internet service providers could face fines of up to AUD2 million if they do not meet performance benchmarks for customer connections, fault repair and appointments.
From October 1, providers with more than 100,000 services regulated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority's customer service guarantee (CSG) would be required to meet the set performance benchmarks 90 percent of the time.
The CSG timeframes stated that providers establish a customer connection in between two and 15 da... |
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Aug 2011 |
Verizon Communications is now dealing with the first strike against the company in 11 years.
Today, over 45,000 workers at Verizon are currently not working for Verizon as a strike was called for by the company's unions (the Communications Workers of America and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers) on Saturday night.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the strike is concentrated in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast parts of the US.
Most of the workers handle jobs in Verizon's landline pho... |
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Aug 2011 |
Cable and Internet provider Comcast is launching a new program to offer discounted Internet service and computers to low-income families.
The program, called Internet Essentials, will provide low-cost access to the Internet and affordable computers as well as digital literacy training to families with children who are eligible to receive free lunches under the National School Lunch Program,Ӕ according to the companys blog.
Internet service provided through Internet Essentials features download s... |
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Aug 2011 |
Telstra has revealed plans to launch its first commercial Long Term Evolution services this month, with the first compatible devices to be sold from 29 August.
The upgraded network, announced in February, would initially provide LTE coverage in a five-kilometre radius of the Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane central business districts.
It followed ongoing testing of the network since the first active services became internally available at the three cities in May.
The network would be made officially ... |
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Aug 2011 |
Virgin Media is set to expand its cable network to pass a further 100,000 homes by the end of the year, as the super-fast broadband arms race with BT continues to heat up.
The group, run by Neil Berkett, will today announce the expansion of its network, which currently covers just over half the homes in the UK.
The fibre-optic cable offers customers speeds of up to 100Mb, the fastest in the country. Virgin currently caters to 13 million homes, and next year intends to increase that number by a further... |
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Aug 2011 |
UK telco BT has indicated that it plans to significantly extend the footprint of its ADSL2+ network to around 90 pe cent of UK homes (or 22.5 million premises) by spring 2013, delivering speeds of up to 20Mbps.
The company had previously stated that it planned to deliver ADSL2+ services to around 80 per cent of UK homes, or around 20 million premises.
Exchanges serving more than 17.6 million premises are already enabled, and the new expansion plans mean that an additional 2.5 million premises will hav... |
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Aug 2011 |
Several decisions made today have far-reaching implications for every UK internet user. Telco quango Ofcom has effectively killed web-blocking reserve powers that were passed into law a year ago, by arguing that they probably won't work. The government also announced today that it is endorsing all the proposals made in Ian Hargreaves "Google Review" into intellectual property which recommends a number of copyright exemptions, and weakening rights for individual creators, such as amateur and professional ph... |
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27
July 2011 |
The average advertised speed of 15 Mbps is now more 220 per cent of the national average actual speed, 6.8Mbps, the communications regulator said today as it announced the results of its twice-yearly broadband study. In rural areas the shortfall is even greater.
Ed Richards, chief executive of Ofcom, called on the advertising industry to address the issue, which has been a source of concern for consumer group for several years.
The research is still telling us that some consumers are not receiving any... |
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July 2011 |
An unemployed truck driver was charged Wednesday with hacking into an Australian broadband network provider in an alleged crime that police say could have caused significant damage to the national Internet infrastructure.
David Cecil, 25, was charged in a court in New South Wales state with hacking into one of the National Broadband Network's service providers and numerous other businesses and websites in Australia and overseas since May.
Police said Wednesday there was no evidence any personal inform... |
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July 2011 |
More than two-dozen US universities are banding together to bring one-gigabit internet connections to their surrounding communities in the hope of attracting new startups and innovation.
The project, dubbed Gig.U, is little more than a work in progress. Witness the official press release announcing the project, which offers little more than a link to Wednesday's article from The New York Times. The plan involves universities seeking suggestions and business ideas from telecom companies, corporations and ... |
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July 2011 |
The federal telecommunications regulator believes it is bending over backwards to help independent Internet service providers offer speeds to customers that are at least equal to the blazing service incumbent telephone and cable companies give their own retail customers.
After years of watching their market share drop and in many cases only being able to offer download speeds of 5 megabits per second, you might have thought the ISPs would have moved fast.
However, theyve been slow to show their thanks... |
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July 2011 |
The BBC has announced a collaboration with network analysis firm Epitiro that will see the broadcaster measure the quality of mobile broadband coverage in the UK.
Over the next month, the BBC will use a smartphone app developed by Epitiro to chart existing levels of 2G and 3G coverage across the country, with the results set to be displayed on an interactive map at the end of the study period.
Gavin Johns, chief executive of Epitiro, claimed mobile coverage is the "number one issue" affecting consumer... |
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July 2011 |
Self-described USA wireless consumer coalition MyWireless.org has welcomed the decision of the House Judiciary Committee to approve the "Wireless Tax Fairness Act of 2011" which will put a five-year ban on local State putting additional taxes on phone bills.
The bill now heads to the House Floor for consideration.
Brian Johnston, director of advocacy for MyWireless.org, said, "Here is one shining example of pro-taxpayer bipartisan compromise across the aisle. The "Wireless Tax Fairness Act" represent... |
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July 2011 |
More than one million websites closed down in China last year, a state-run think tank has said.
The Chinese Academy of Social Sciences said there were were 41% fewer websites at the end of 2010 than a year earlier.
Chinese officials have tightened regulations on the internet in recent years, and they launched a crackdown on pornography websites in 2009.
The academy's researcher said there was no link, insisting China had a "high level of freedom of online speech".
Liu Ruisheng said that despite ... |
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