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No large files during day and evening, Comms Alliance pleads
Dropping video quality from 4K and HD to standard definition advised.
Mar 30 2020 2:52PM
Major US internet firms won't cancel services over next 60 days
If customers can't pay bills due to coronavirus-related disruptions.
Mar 14 2020 10:55AM
HAPSMobile to run drone broadband trial in Queensland skies
As early as next year.
Mar 12 2020 6:55AM
TPG still unsure how much broadband tax it could pay
Also complains bundled CVC with NBN plans out-of-step with usage.
Mar 5 2020 12:52PM
Kiwis opting for gigabit broadband over 100 Mbps service
Big speed step-up at small premium for fibre customers.
Feb 25 2020 6:40AM
Broadband tax bill gets senate committee green light
Only minor transparency improvements needed.
Feb 17 2020 1:49PM
Telstra reveals broadband tax rules may be defined after bill is passed
Calls situation "unreasonable".
Feb 5 2020 1:18PM
Telstra asks govt to delay broadband tax until mid-2021
To redefine how the tax is applied to enterprise.
Jan 23 2020 3:47PM
Farmers crack whip on data rights in agtech reality check
Issues compounded by poor broadband and power hungry blockchain.
Jan 22 2020 1:19PM
UK targets full-fibre broadband with BT regulation changes
Plans to regulate urban and rural areas differently.
Jan 9 2020 9:53AM
NBN Co technicians outright missed 350 appointments a day in FY19
Under new definition of what constitutes a miss.
Jan 2 2020 12:37PM
NBN Co to trial 750/50Mbps as 'near gigabit' HFC tier
First outcome from closed-door gigabit consultation.
Dec 19 2019 1:00PM
NBN Co offers holdouts half-price internet for a year
New 'first timers discount' revealed.
Dec 18 2019 1:45PM
NBN Co challenges Australia's $60 broadband 'sweet spot'
Claims "high-use end users" could fill up unlimited entry-level products.
Dec 11 2019 5:26PM
How NBN Co struck its bothersome business deals
Exclusive: Two months after the ACCC's formal warning, what’s changed?
Dec 10 2019 6:50AM
Broadband tax now planned to kick in July 2020
Govt reintroduces legislation to underpin scheme.
Nov 28 2019 12:41PM
Telstra to refund excess charges to 150k mobile broadband users
Incurred over almost six years.
Nov 27 2019 9:26AM
British Labour pledges free full-fibre broadband for all premises
Massive national project that could cost $38 billion.
Nov 16 2019 12:39AM
SpaceX takes 'prerequisite' step for Starlink Aussie approval
New satellite broadband service asks for regulatory permission.
Oct 29 2019 5:55AM
NBN Co reinvents broadband speed test rankings
"Debunks" other league tables, creates its own.
Oct 11 2019 1:16PM
