James Hutchinson - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 30/03/2011 NBN Co seeks solid satellite speeds

NBN Co intends to clarify the speeds attainable via satellite under the National Broadband Network (NBN) once the interim solution goes live in July t...

Article | 23/03/2011 Austar developing local media "wonder box"

Regional pay television operator, Austar (ASX:AUN), is developing a cross-platform user interface that could aggregate and beam content to multiple de...

Article | 2/03/2011 Telstra warns exchanges not ready for NBN PoIs

NBN Co could be required to replace or refit more than 60 Telstra exchanges in its bid to roll out the National Broadband Network (NBN), Telstra has w...

Article | 24/02/2011 AFACT v iiNet: Government called to action

Service providers, rights holders and internet users are anxiously awaiting news of whether the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) ...

Article | 24/02/2011 iiNet v AFACT: Federal Court dismisses appeal

The Federal Court today dismissed an appeal by Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft (AFACT) in its claim that Perth-based internet service pr...

Article | 18/02/2011 Small business protection required for the online world

Small businesses operating online require contractual and regulatory protection from potential collusion between traditional retailers and online magn...

Article | 15/02/2011 Telstra LTE network coming by year's end

Telstra is set to become the first Long Term Evolution (LTE) network operator in Australia, with plans to launch the technology publicly in all Austra...

Article | 24/01/2011 Action, not talk, needed for IPv6

The co-developer of Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4) has urged associations and businesses to take action on deploying IPv6, rather than continuing ...

Article | 13/01/2011 Three months to rebuild Queensland comms: Telstra

It will take three months to fully restore Telstra’s communications infrastructure, the telco indicated this week.

Article | 6/01/2011 Budget NBN offering unlikely to hit it big

A new entry-level broadband offering planned for introduction by internet service providers over the National Broadband Network is unlikely to boost a...

Article | 15/12/2010 Voicemail, standard calls at stake in Vodafone defence

Numerous exclusions to the unlimited calls advertised as part of Vodafone’s “Infinite” plans raises questions of whether customers are being misled, t...

Article | 10/12/2010 Slowed growth prompts consolidation for Internode

Internode is no longer the speeding bullet of its youthful days.

Article | 22/11/2010 Turnbull defends alleged conflict of interest

Federal shadow communications minister, Malcolm Turnbull, has been forced to defend potential conflicts of interest between private investments and hi...

Article | 27/10/2010 Broadband misrepresentation down to the consumer

Whether or not potential Optus customers were misled by recent advertising of its “Think Bigger” and “Supersonic” advertising campaigns resides on the...

Article | 21/10/2010 Dodo CEO calls for unlimited as standard offering

The normally quiet chief executive of challenger ISP, Dodo, has called on the broadband provider sector to make a definite switch to unlimited plans o...