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English Premier League - for free on iiNet
iiNet is offering free streaming access to English Premier League matches.
That’s “free” as in there will be no charge for the matches, and “free” in that iiNet won’t count the data usage (streaming will be in .wmv format, and will require Media Player 10) against the user’s monthly allowance.
The Premier League season starts on the [...]
Telstra Considers Reselling ADSL2+ to ISPs
Telstra has done an about-face on its broadband wholesale strategy by suggesting it might be willing to resell ADSL2+ high speed internet services to rival ISPs.
Telstra, which had delayed its switching on of more then 900 ADSL2+ exchanges for three years until April this year, has traditionally denied competing ISPs access to its ADSL2+ network [...]
Internode Mirrors SourceForge
Open source advocates will have something to smile about as Internode today launches a high-speed Australian mirror site to SourceForge.net, providing its customers with unmetered access to the the world’s largest Open Source software development website.
SourceForge.net provides free hosting to Open Source software development projects with a centralised resource for managing projects, issues, communications and [...]
iPrimus Launches “Big Kahuna” 200GB ADSL2+ Plan
iPrimus yesterday unveiled a new ADSL2+ offering that the company claims includes the largest data amount ever offered by an Australian broadband provider to residential customers.
Dubbed the Big Kahuna, the plan offers 200 GB of data for $79.95 per month. However, the 200 GB data capacity does not come as a flat quota.
During peak hours [...]
Internode Drops $39 ‘Fast Transfer’ Fee
Australian ISP, Internode, is offering a free churn procedure until June 30.
Internode has dropped its $39 ‘Fast Transfer’ fee for the next seven weeks to encourage customers who are dissatisfied with their current broadband provider to move to Internode. Customer churn is a term that describes telecom customers moving from one service provider to another.
Internode [...]
iiNet to buy Westnet for $81 million
ASX-listed ISP iiNet is to buy fellow West Australian service provider Westnet for AU$81 million in cash.
The acquisition will bring iiNet closer, in subscriber terms, to Australia’s top two ISPs, boasting a total of 685,000 subscribers, 365,000 of which are on DSL. At last count, Telstra counts around 2.5 million Internet subscribers, while Optus counts [...]
Internode Suspends Internet Services in Tasmania
The state of broadband in Tasmania today suffered a setback as national ISP Internode suspended a range of its Internet services in protest to Telstra’s dominance in broadband backhaul capacity.
Effective today, the national ISP will suspend Tasmanian sales of its eight megabit per second (Mbps) and Extreme ADSL2+ HOME broadband plans until further notice.
Tasmanian customers [...]
Internode Establishes Roots in Asia
Internet provider Internode is ensuring its customers have better access to Asia with a new Point of Presence (PoP) in Tokyo, Japan, which will provide users with a markedly faster and more secure connection to the region.
With the establishment of the new PoP, which was launched last week, Internode customers are experiencing better speed and [...]
Internode Expands Naked ADSL2+ Offering
National broadband IP carrier Internode is set to expand its Naked ADSL2+ offering by converting existing phone services to naked ADSL.
Naked ADSL2+ does not require a dial-tone enabled copper phone line, which means that customers can avoid paying for traditional line rental purely to support an Internet connection.
While a naked line does not support traditional [...]
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