In a damning report recently conducted by the Centre for International Economics it was revealed that a Telstra built and managed National Broadband Network would burden the economy by lowering wages, increasing inflation, reducing national growth and raising broadband prices by 15% in which our nation...

The results are in! A recent Australian Broadband Survey Report conducted in 07/08 stated that more than 50% of respondents clearly voted for the Government as the entity who should be behind the next generation internet access network (FTTN). Other significant results include: Most people suggesting...

According to news just to hand, Telstra are currently evaluating the possibility of lowering Wireless Broadband prices. With rivals offering Wireless Broadband Plans substantially cheaper than BigPond, along with expected Wireless speed upgrades, Telstra may have no option other than to lower prices...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has rejected a G9 Proposal on Broadband pricing for a new fibre-to-the-node network. The main reason for doing so revolved around the unclear pricing that would come into play after the initial three year period was up. Although the proposal was rejected...

The G9 consortium, made up from well known ISPs' such as Optus, Primus, PowerTel and Internode etc.., have stated that they can develop an Australian high speed broadband network and offer half the price that Telstra have proposed. Optus chief executive Paul O'Sullivan recently blasted Telstra...

The Competitive Carriers Coalition (CCC) has strongly urged the Government to slash prices by up to %20 to save the economy from rapidly rising Inflation. The Industry group suggests that other developed countries are currently reviewing their competition standards and failing to follow suit would only...

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has released it's final declaration decision that will witness Line Sharing prices drop to a respectable $2.50 per service at the start of 2008. After several years at loggerheads with Telstra over LSS prices, the Telco giant succumbed to the Watchdog's...

As the forthcoming Federal Election gears up a notch, Prime Minister John Howard says Aussie Broadband Speeds are OK, Labor talks $8billion dollars for new joint Network, and reports show Australia is lagging behind leader Japan with speeds 35 times slower. Howard says Broadband Internet speeds will...