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  • ISP Content Filtering Tests - Results Flawed

    The Government's proposed ISP filters which are meant to safeguard young probing eyes from illicit content found on the web have come up thumbs down after initial test results showed shortcomings. The findings have suggested that the products tested could in fact filter websites that produce illegal...
    Posted to Broadband News and Technology (Weblog) by Ronnie on 07-30-2008
  • Big Brother guidelines for MySpace Facebook & Bebo

    The government is considering introducing new guidelines in order to control, and make social media network entities such as MySpace, Facebook & Bebo safer for users. When you have close to 200 million members covering these respective social networking portals, it's imperative that safe and...
    Posted to Broadband Guide Blog (Weblog) by Ronnie on 04-04-2008
  • Aussies addicted to the Screen

    No it's not the TV screen, it's the Internet screen. Hang on a sec, maybe it's both? Australian's are dumping Television as their preferred form of home entertainment in favour for the Internet. A recent report by Nielsen Online shows the average Internet use at 13.7 hours per week online...
    Posted to Broadband Guide Blog (Weblog) by Ronnie on 03-19-2008
  • Australian Broadband Survey 2007/08 Results

    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...
    Posted to Broadband News and Technology (Weblog) by Ronnie on 03-03-2008
  • Australia's 45 fastest growing Telcommunication Companies

    The demand for online content in Australia, and more so the consequence of such, has not only witnessed sharp growth for Broadband in general, moreover a revenue increase within the assoicated Telecommunication Industry. Through the rise in demand for faster Broadband Internet in the 2006-07 financial...
    Posted to Broadband News and Technology (Weblog) by Ronnie on 02-27-2008
  • iinet: still no connection!

    As a customer of iinet I am deeply concerned about the poor service we have received from iinet since November 2007. I have requested a Naked DSL service, I have provided my address details in email and over the phone, I have checked if we have access to ADSL2+ ( we do), but have not yet been connected...
    Posted to Which Broadband Plan (Forum) by setupaccount1 on 02-13-2008
  • State-of-the-Art Broadband coming

    Direct Brain Surgery, conduct climate change experiements and interpret human genome in real time with precise definition through state-of-the art broadband. This could be the not so distant future according to a recent article that appeared on AustralianIT.com.au . The cutting edge technology, founded...
    Posted to Broadband News and Technology (Weblog) by Ronnie on 01-17-2008
  • National Content Filtering Floored

    In a very similar and ignorant circumstances to that of the previous Liberal Government, Kevin Rudd is seeking to block all objectionable material before it can be downloaded by Australian Internet users. Many business and industry experts are declaring that this totalitarian type of censorship will...
    Posted to Broadband News and Technology (Weblog) by Ronnie on 01-07-2008
  • Increased Internet use to cause Meltdown by 2010?

    The past decade has seen a rapid emergence of Internet use that may in fact lead to a 'meltdown' by the time 2010 comes around. Analyst group 'Nemertes Research' conducted studies over the past year that suggests the Internet could drastically slowdown over the next 3 years due to core...
    Posted to Broadband News and Technology (Weblog) by Ronnie on 11-20-2007
  • Internet Complaints Rise Dramatically

    General Internet complaints have risen dramatically over the previous financial year among Australian Internet subscribers according to Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (or should I say 'Ombudswoman') 'Deirdre O'Donnell'. The recently released figures show that complaints were...
    Posted to Broadband News and Technology (Weblog) by Ronnie on 11-13-2007
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