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Windows 7 fuels internet traffic, slows Tassie links

Windows 7 fuels internet traffic, slows Tassie links

Australian ISPs have reported Akamai server traffic spikes of up to 50 percent as Windows 7 RC was released to the public, while Internode has blamed it for congestion on fibre links into Tasmania.
Ry Crozier May 6 2009 3:37PM Telco/ISP
Exetel says no to internet filtering

Exetel says no to internet filtering

Exetel chief John Linton has ruled out selling an opt-in ‘clean feed’ internet service to users as a result of last week’s trial because the technology can be too easily bypassed.
Ry Crozier May 5 2009 2:24PM Telco/ISP
Exetel trial records 20,000 hits on filtered URLs

Exetel trial records 20,000 hits on filtered URLs

Mandatory ISP filtering would cost internet users about $6 a year to implement, according to the results of a five-day trial of the technology by ISP Exetel.
Ry Crozier May 4 2009 3:57PM Telco/ISP
ISPs line up for slice of $250m backhaul fund

ISPs line up for slice of $250m backhaul fund

Optus and iiNet have become the first ISPs to indicate their intention to bid for some of the $250 million fast-tracked by the Federal Government to build competitive backhaul links into regional broadband ‘blackspots’.
Ry Crozier Apr 24 2009 12:27PM Telco/ISP
AAPT network upgrade boosts mid-band Ethernet

AAPT network upgrade boosts mid-band Ethernet

AAPT has completed a $30 million upgrade to its core IP network and MPLS edge that will enable more automated provisioning and guarantee performance on midband Ethernet connections.
Ry Crozier Apr 22 2009 6:00AM Telco/ISP
Vocus focus on core network upgrade

Vocus focus on core network upgrade

Wholesale network operator Vocus Communications will add capacity and hardware to its core network as part of an upgrade to be announced next week.
Ry Crozier Apr 20 2009 3:59PM Telco/ISP
Opinion: Why Telstra should split in two

Opinion: Why Telstra should split in two

Simon Hackett, managing director at Internode gives his view on how the industry will be affected by a broken up Telstra.
Staff Writer Apr 20 2009 12:09PM Telco/ISP
France says 'non' to three strikes law

France says 'non' to three strikes law

The Upper House of the French Government has rejected a bill which would have seen people accused of illegal online file sharing deprived of an Internet connection without trial or conviction.
Stewart Meagher Apr 14 2009 11:39AM Telco/ISP
Internet industry welcomes NBN re-think

Internet industry welcomes NBN re-think

The Federal Government's National Broadband Network, announced today, has been widely welcomed by ISPs and ICT industry groups.
Staff Writers Apr 7 2009 12:16PM Telco/ISP
OptiComm FTTH rides first home buyers boom

OptiComm FTTH rides first home buyers boom

OptiComm wants five of Australia’s top ten ISPs offering retail services on its wholesale fibre network before the end of the year.
Ry Crozier Apr 6 2009 2:46PM Telco/ISP
ISPs not interested in regional DSLAMs: Telstra

ISPs not interested in regional DSLAMs: Telstra

Only one in ten Telstra exchanges contain competitor DSLAMs, not because of accessibility or interconnection issues but because competing ISPs don’t see the other 90 per cent as profitable, Telstra’s outgoing Wholesale GMD said.
Ry Crozier Mar 31 2009 1:52PM Telco/ISP
Canberra ISP cops warning over TIO compliance breach

Canberra ISP cops warning over TIO compliance breach

Bytecard, which trades as Canberra ISP Netspeed, has been issued a formal warning for allegedly failing to cooperate with the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO) over “two continuing matters”.
Ry Crozier Mar 27 2009 3:22PM Telco/ISP
Internet privacy advocate warns against poor Phorm

Internet privacy advocate warns against poor Phorm

Internet privacy campaigners have written to the world's top internet companies urging them to steer clear of behavioural targeting software vendor Phorm, which they see as invasive software which snoops on unsuspecting users.
Stewart Meagher Mar 24 2009 11:25AM Telco/ISP
Cashed-up Primus on ISP purchase path

Cashed-up Primus on ISP purchase path

Primus Telecommunications is hitting the ISP acquisition trial with renewed vigour, believing the impending restructure of its US holding company will free up to 25 per cent of local profits.
Ry Crozier Mar 18 2009 12:08AM Telco/ISP
Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Cross "fighting terrorism" off the list of reasons Senator Stephen Conroy wants to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet Filtering.
Brett Winterford Mar 13 2009 12:09PM Security
Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Internet filtering ineffective in fight against terror

Cross "fighting terrorism" off the list of reasons Senator Stephen Conroy wants to introduce mandatory ISP-level Internet Filtering.
Brett Winterford Mar 12 2009 1:52PM Security
iPrimus could beat federal government to internet filters

iPrimus could beat federal government to internet filters

iPrimus has indicated it may not wait for the Government to introduce a clean feed and that it may re-introduce an opt-in service for customers if there is sufficient demand.
Ry Crozier Mar 10 2009 9:42AM Security
Revealed: ISPs detail their Aussie net filter trials

Revealed: ISPs detail their Aussie net filter trials

Participating ISPs say they will forge ahead with Internet filter trials, regardless of speculation around whether associated legislation will pass or be blocked.
Ry Crozier Mar 3 2009 12:43PM Security
Ireland's largest ISP to block file-sharing sites

Ireland's largest ISP to block file-sharing sites

Irish ISP Eircom has agreed to block Internet users from accessing some file-sharing web sites in an agreement reached with the music industry.
Tom Young Feb 24 2009 5:32AM Telco/ISP
EFTel data centre escapes fire system flood

EFTel data centre escapes fire system flood

EFTel equipment sustained only minor damage after contractors working above the Melbourne data centre allegedly broke a fire hydrant, flooding two floors of the office tower.
Ry Crozier Feb 23 2009 3:37PM Networking

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