Published on October 21, 2010 by Technology Slice
National Broadband Network Faces Delays – Ms Gillard said any delay would hurt consumers and small businesses. “So we are urging the opposition today to not delay this bill,” she told reporters in Canberra. “Do not delay and cause extra days of higher prices and less choice, particularly for those Australians who live in our [...]
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Published on August 6, 2010 by Technology Slice
Liberals Will Dump Web Filter – The shadow treasurer, Joe Hockey, let slip the imminent announcement yesterday, saying the Coalition would not support the internet filter ”because we believe it’s flawed policy”. The opposition communications spokesman, Tony Smith, confirmed “a Coalition government will not introduce a mandatory ISP level filter. We will instead implement practical [...]
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Published on March 16, 2010 by Technology Slice
Tasmania Starts National Broadband Rollout – Tasmanian customers of iiNet, Internode and Primus could soon be enjoying up to 100Mbps internet access speeds after the trio signed up as the first wholesale customers of the Tasmanian NBN Co. The three national internet service providers were unveiled as the TNBN Co’s first wholesale customers at an [...]
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Published on March 10, 2010 by Technology Slice
Cisco Announcement – Much ado led up to the major Cisco announcement that arrived Tuesday. Cisco, which designs and sells many of the machines that make the Web possible, dropped hints for weeks that Tuesday’s unveiling would “forever change the Internet.” Seems they oversold it. What was the Cisco announcement? A new router. The next-gen [...]
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