Slow-as-she-goes Broadband Failure

HAPPY with your broadband speed? Of course you are, at least if you live in the city. Or if you're not happy, you should be. That's according to Senator Helen Coonan, Minister for Communications. The words are straight from her mouth, in an interview on ABC TV's 7:30 Report on August 8.

Broadband's Tangled Web The Net Result Of Misinformation

Telstra's refusal to build a fibre network does not spell the end of the nation's internet future.

The End Is Hardly Nigh For Internet

High-speed broadband options abound, and many won't abandon the bush like FTTN.

Telstra Pulls The Plug On Fast Internet

PLANS to build a national high-speed internet network in Australia are in disarray after Telstra yesterday pulled the plug on negotiations to build the $4 billion system.

Telstra Users Stuck In Copper Age

AUSTRALIANS will be relying on existing copper telephone wires for broadband internet access for the foreseeable future after Telstra carried through with its threat to abandon its $4 billion fibre-optic network upgrade.

Free Music Forever

Let's make this clear: downloading songs via peer-to-peer file-sharing portals such as Limewire is stealing. But if you're keen for adventure, you can legally choose your own music forever for the cost of a broadband internet account.