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Networking expert explains why NBN Co stuck in slow lane The NBN Co's obsession with rollout costs and time-to-market, irrespective of operational and maintenance costs, have led to the company using obsolete copper-based technologies and an unreasonable pricing model, a senior network expert claims.
19th July 2017
Dear TelSoc Member or Guest Member, TelSoc is making changes to the TelSoc Brand and to its membership (details on the website)
19th July 2017
APOLOGIES FOR LATE DELIVERY TODAY !! NBN Co: DSL users your future is superfast broadband over copper The company building our broadband network is at it again, extolling the virtues of making data flow more quickly over existing copper lines rather than installing FttP connections.
18th July 2017
Australian laws aim to force decryption to fight crime Australia has announced that it will promulgate laws to force companies like Google and Facebook to decrypt messages sent by suspected terrorists and other criminals.
17th July 2017
Regional wireless ISPs concerned 3.6GHz spectrum for 5G will wipe them out The ACMA?s tune-up consultation day for use of 3.6GHz spectrum for 5G sees telcos happy, but satellite operators and specifically regional wireless ISPs are very concerned.
14th July 2017
In-flight Wi-Fi to dominate ?half of commercial aircraft? by 2022 Despite some government concerns over the safety of BYO laptops, tablets and phones on planes, Juniper forecasts a big jump in various commercial planes with net-connected Wi-Fi for customers.
13th July 2017
Australian mobile users hit with $20 million in ?unexpected? charges Australian mobile phone users are estimated to have collectively been charged as much as $20 million in the last six months for third-party charges on their phones for purchases they didn?t even realise they were being stung for, according to a new report from telecoms consumer advocacy group the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network.
12th July 2017
Fifield faces grilling over NBN users experience Communications Minister Mitch Fifield faced a grilling during his half-way NBN rollout media conference yesterday, over the negative experiences that some customers have reported. We provide the full transcript including journalist questions and answers.
11th July 2017
CHOICE ISP satisfaction survey finds Telstra, Dodo the worst An Internet satisfaction survey conducted by consumer advocacy group CHOICE has found that Australians have been dogged by disconnections, drop-outs, connection issues and slow speeds over the last six months, with Telstra and Dodo the worst offenders.
10th July 2017
Australia stuck with higher cost of deploying FttP: NBN Co NBN Co has attempted to defend the higher costs of deploying fibre-to-the-premises in Australia and ?set the record straight? on recent media claims about the local cost of FttP compared to other operators around the world.
7th July 2017