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11 September 2013
News: 91k issue plea to Abbott on NBN

Nearly 92,000 people have issued a plea to prime minister elect Tony Abbott to continue the National Broadband Network (NBN) with a fibre-to-the-home plan, instead of the Coalition's proposed fibre-to-the-node plan.
News: Telstra moves ahead with throttling trial

Telstra has kicked off a controversial network management trial in Victoria, eight months after the telco announced it would trial peer-to-peer throttling.
10 September 2013
News: Netflix comes to TiVo

Vrigin Media has announced a deal with Netflix which will see the streaming service available to TiVo customers.
09 September 2013
News: Lawyer: Verizon should be able to block websites

Verizon Communications should be able to block its broadband customers from going to websites that refuse to pay the provider to deliver their traffic, a lawyer for Verizon told an appeals court Monday.
06 September 2013
News: Chorus welcomes Transfield's payment assurance

Broadband infrastructure company, Chorus, has labelled Transfield's failure to pay New Zealand-based sub-contractors as "unacceptable," but welcomes the Australian company's assurance it is urgently looking to amend the issue.
05 September 2013
News: Net neutrality at the US FCC: A brief history

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality regulations, also known as open Internet rules, face a hearing on Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Verizon Communications has challenged the FCC's authority to pass the rules.
News: NBN could add $3800 in benefits: Deloitte

A new Deloitte Access Economics report prepared for the federal government estimates households will be worth $3800 more in 2020 through improved productivity from the National Broadband Network (NBN).
03 September 2013
News: Bedfordshire councils sign £12 million fibre broadband deal with BT

Bedfordshire councils have signed a £12 million rural fibre broadband deal with BT.
29 August 2013
News: Verizon Wireless buyout drive is all about the dollar signs

The price Verizon might pay to buy out its mobile subsidiary, reportedly US$100 billion or more, is the most important thing that mobile users need to know about the potential deal.
27 August 2013
Opinion: Definition of broadband' is too broad

There's good news, and not-so-good news. The good news is the number of people accessing the network over broadband continues to increase. The not-so-good news is that the term "broadband" is so broad that it's difficult to tell how good the good news really is.
22 August 2013
News: iiNet hits 20k NBN customers

iiNet now has 20,000 customers on the National Broadband Network (NBN), with 60 per cent on fibre, 35 per cent on satellite and 5 per cent on wireless.
21 August 2013
News: NASA warns of solar storm racing toward Earth this week

NASA is warning that a coronal mass ejection may reach Earth this week, possibly affecting satellites and electronic systems on the ground.
15 August 2013
Feature: What is BT Sport?

BT Sport is now live with six channels, including ESPN, so here's everything you need to know about getting BT Sport.
News: BT Sport now live on Virgin TV

From today, Virgin Media customer can get access to BT Sport's trio of channels.
14 August 2013
Feature: 4G LTE network rollout in the UK

The UK only has one 4G LTE network, but that's going to change very soon. Here's everything we know about the 4G rollout schedule in the UK.
News: O2 announces full 4G pricing

O2's 4G LTE network will launch at the end of the month on 29 August and now there are full pricing details.
News: Old people don't use the Internet

The UK Office for National Statistics has released its “Internet Access Quarterly Update, Q2 2013" with some shocking facts about the level of non-Internet use among older and disabled people.
12 August 2013
How-Tos: Get a truly wireless PC

Get a truly wireless PC, printer, mouse and keyboard.
09 August 2013
News: Connect Africa tackles rural communications problems

Connect Africa's launch in Zambia of its low-cost rural communications services is the first step to a broader rollout across the Southern African region.
08 August 2013
News: TPG includes 80 countries in new bundle

Telecommunications and Internet service provider (ISP), TPG, has introduced a new $88 ADSL2+ with home phone bundle which increases the number of countries included on the unlimited call list.