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Telecomms Watch
Tuesday October 28, 2008
ZDNet.com.au edit team
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Breach in Terria's hull sealed <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
The telco exodus which has plagued the Terria broadband consortium over the last week is now over, according to remaining members, who yesterday pledged their support as being "rock solid".
Tags: terria, transact, soul, tpg, telstra, aapt, nbn, conroy
TransACT quits Terria too <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
TransACT has decided to pull out of Terria, the consortium bidding against Telstra for the government's $4.7 billion national broadband network, shortly after the departure of two other members AAPT and Soul.
Tags: transact, terria, mackay, egan, nbn, national broadband network
Soul-TPG drops out of Terria <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
TPG-Soul has pulled out of the Terria consortium today, saying the nation doesn't need a national broadband network.
Tags: terria, soul, tpg, nbn, national broadband network, internet, tender, bid
Conroy filter gag sparks sysadmin rage <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
An Australian systems administrators' professional group has criticised Communications Minister Stephen Conroy for alleged attempts by his office to silence a vocal network engineer expressing an opinion about the planned government internet filtering scheme.
Tags: acma, censorship, conroy, internode, isp, network engineer, filter, newton
Economic crisis 'has made NBN unviable' <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
The global economic crisis has made the Federal Government's National Broadband Network plan an expensive and risky proposition which end users won't have the money to pay for, one analyst said this week.
Tags: cranswick, nbn, crisis, conroy, malone, iinet, debt, analyst
Telstra outlines 21Mbps Next G plans <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
Telstra today said it would start upgrading its Next G mobile network to 21Mbps speeds by the end of the year, with Canada-based supplier Sierra Wireless working on the first customer access device.
Tags: telstra, 21mbps, lte, nextg, backhaul, 850mhz, broadband, mobile
No sale: iBurst network to shut down <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
The iBurst wireless broadband network owned by failed Australian ICT products and services firm Commander would be shut down by 19 December, according to a failed bidder for the network.
Tags: bigair, broadband, commander, iburst, personal broadband australia, wireless, bid, network
Engin CEO leaves after 9 months
Troubled VoIP company and Seven subsidiary Engin has lost its chief executive officer Mark Zworestine after just nine months in the lead role.
Tags: channel 7, engin, internet telephony, unwired, voip, ceo, goodbye, financial
Optus will stop playing if Telstra wins NBN <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
Australia's second largest telco Optus today said it would not invest in fixed line phone and internet networks in Australia if Telstra was awarded control of the national broadband network (NBN).
Tags: broadband, conroy, national broadband network, nbn, optus, paul o'sullivan, telstra, optu
Intel slams 'slow' iPhone ARM CPU <?= $story_info[TITLE] ?>
Any speed shortcomings in Apple's iPhone were the fault of its rival chipset manufacturer ARM, a senior Intel executive said in Taiwan yesterday.
Tags: apple, arm, intel, intel developer forum, iphone, taiwan, wall, shortcoming

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AND THERE WERE NONE !
This has now become histerical, Terria is such a farce. Telstra withdraws from the NBN, and Terria is falling apart at the thought it may actually win and be responsible for the NBN.

 - Posted by Anonymous on Optus will stop playing if Telstra wins NBN
hello
telstra isnt just healthy profit, but obscene profit at the expense of its existing infrastructure - Posted by Anonymous on Acacia up for national NBN bid
Telstra is a con!
I have NextG wireless as it is the ONLY broadband I can get... I only see 64-80kbps! Low usage time (10pm-4am) sees 2Mbps... I have tried to contact BigPond tech support but they don't answer the phone... - Posted by Anonymous on Telstra outlines 21Mbps Next G plans

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