AAPT gets chatty with broadband
AAPT has extended its smartchat brand into the broadband market with the launch of a new national ADSL service for metropolitan users.
AAPT has extended its smartchat brand into the broadband market with the launch of a new national ADSL service for metropolitan users.
A new Australian search engine which claims to be the first of its kind to intuitively cluster Web search results has been forced to shut down some of its advanced search functionality and boost server capacity after just one week online due to an overwhelming surge in international traffic.
Billing, network faults and poor customer service have again topped this year’s Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman’s (TIO) report on customer complaints across dial-up and broadband Internet services.
Billing, network faults and poor customer service have again topped this year’s Telecommunication Industry Ombudsman’s (TIO) report on customer complaints across dial-up and broadband Internet services.
Telstra has announced it will provide all of its BigPond Internet customers with a two-week rebate on their monthly service bill, as well as access to free antivirus, firewall and spam filters as compensation for email service disruptions which have occurred over the past fortnight.
The latest quarterly Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report on broadband has revealed more than half a million Australians are now accessing the Internet over high-speed services.
The latest quarterly Australian Competition and Consumer Commission report on broadband has revealed more than half a million Australians are now accessing the Internet over high-speed services.
Internode and AirNet customers based in Adelaide will have free access the Internet using their existing broadband or dial-up account at virtually any location in the central business district, thanks to a new city-wide Wi-Fi service.
The federal government has no plans to support legislation which requires open source software solutions to be included in all future departmental ICT contracts, and will continue to uphold a neutral stance on open source software, the National Office of Information Economy (NOIE) has stated.
iiNet has announced it has begun merger negotiations with New Zealand’s third-largest ISP, ihug.
Primus has announced a new partnership with wireless broadband wholesale operator, Xone, which will see the ISP extend its Wi-Fi service to an additional 39 hotspots in Australia.
One of New Zealand's oldest Internet service providers (ISPs), ihug, looks to be heading into Australian hands.
For a man who says he can get a “bit crazy over inadequately commented code”, Open Source Development Labs’ (OSDL) newest recruit, Andrew Morton, is the first to admit his enthusiasm for the open source cause. The Australian-born and bred systems software engineer — whose full-time position with the industry consortium will see him second in command to Linus Torvalds in developing the new 2.6 Linux kernel — says he is driven by seeing Linux as a useful tool for as many people as possible. In this exclusive interview with Nadia Cameron, Morton gives his take on the ups and downs of the open source community, working with Linus Torvalds, the upcoming 2.6 kernel release, his advice for budding developers and the future of Linux.
Broadband service providers should take more responsibility for educating and informing customers about the specifications of broadband product offerings, industry representatives claim.
Telstra's regulatory affairs has launched an attack against the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), and claims the telco industry is dominated by a group of "zealots" who want to stifle the telco's role in the market