NBN wrap: Coalition policy analysis roundup
16 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsThe Coalition last week revealed its plan for Australia’s National Broadband Network. The plan has drawn both praise and derision from across the industry.
NBN news: ACCC rejects special access undertaking; Confidential documents list NBN contractor blunders
09 April, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn the last week, the ACCC rejected NBN Co’s special access undertaking (SAU), while a confidential NBN Co document has revealed the organisation’s doubts about its own contractors.
NBN Co takes over NT rollout from Syntheo; NBN faces three-month delay
26 March, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn the last week, NBN partner Syntheo handed over construction duties in NT over to NBN Co, and NBN Co revealed a three-month delay in construction of the network.
NBN news: Report reveals life after Labor; Will $1bn Visionstream contract survive election?
19 March, 2013 by Andrew CollinsA new report has detailed three possible versions of the NBN should the Coalition take power in September’s federal election. Meanwhile, NBN Co has awarded Visionstream a construction contract worth up to $1 billion for the east coast of Australia. But some have questioned whether the contract will survive the election.
Is software defined networking the real deal?
14 March, 2013 by Anthony CaruanaAlmost every function within your data centre has been or can be virtualised. Servers, the PBX, storage, desktop clients - you name it, it’s running on generic hardware. But what about the network?
NBN news round-up: Telstra refuses to budge on $11bn contract sum; NBN Co fudging rollout numbers?
12 March, 2013 by Andrew CollinsA new analysis of NBN Co’s numbers claims that the organisation has been fudging rollout numbers to cover up delays. Meanwhile, Telstra has revealed it will not renegotiate the sum of the $11 billion contract it signed with the Australian Government if the Coalition gains power in September.
Vodafone creates 750 jobs, faces class action lawsuit; Oakeshott blasts corruption of NBN oversight
04 March, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn this last week, Vodafone Australia announced it would relocate 750 jobs from its Mumbai call centre to Australia, while law firm Piper Alderman revealed it would soon launch a class action against the telco. Plus: independent MP Rob Oakeshott claimed that oversight of the NBN is being tainted by major party politics.
Quigley questions FTTP for NBN; Job cuts at Australia’s biggest telcos
25 February, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn the news this week, NBN Co CEO Mike Quigley calls for a study in broadband technologies, despite being four years into the NBN’s rollout, and three Aussie telcos flag job cuts.
Massive Telecom NZ email hack; Adobe CEO dodges pricing debate; NBN Co passes the buck
18 February, 2013 by Andrew CollinsIn news this week, Telecom NZ’s Yahoo! Xtra email service hacked, Adobe global CEO Shantanu Narayen avoids questions about the company’s high Australian prices, and NBN Co blames contractor Syntheo for NBN install delays.
Over The Wire expands across Australia with new network
11 December, 2012 by Andrew CollinsAustralian network solution provider Over The Wire (OTW) has deployed a series of routers and switches to form a new network, which has allowed the company to expand its reach into more Australian capital cities.
The Anternet: a series of ant tubes
03 September, 2012Scientists at Stanford University have discovered that the TCP internet protocol, created in the 1970s, closely mirrors the food-foraging behaviours of a species of ant - behaviours that have existed for millions of years.
Managed fibre-based WAN offers Jasco four times the speed of previous network
13 August, 2012Stationery wholesaler Jasco has implemented a fully managed WAN featuring a fibre service with 100 Mbps port capacity. The service offers four times the bandwidth of the company’s previous network, with quality of service (QoS) for future integration of voice and IP EFTPOS services.
UltraServe scales more efficiently and at lower cost with Riverbed Stingray Traffic Manager
20 July, 2012Hosting and managed service provider UltraServe recognised that it required a more robust load balancing software to achieve optimal resource utilisation, while also maximising throughput, minimising response time and avoiding overload.
Broadband bonding fuses five ADSL2+ lines into one for Nowra school
13 July, 2012Regional school Nowra Anglican College has implemented broadband bonding technology to increase broadband speeds from 11 Mbps to a maximum of 82 Mbps, and an average upload speed of 0.8 Mbps to a maximum of 22 Mbps.
Victorian emergency services authority upgrades WAN - while still maintaining emergency services support
09 July, 2012The Victorian Emergency Services Telecommunications Authority (ESTA) has upgraded its WAN to a fault tolerance architecture WAN service, in order to cope with increasing call traffic, additional agency responsibilities, strong forecasted population growth across metropolitan, regional and rural Victoria, as well as the relocation of one of three emergency communications centres.
