Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
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Thursday, June 28th, 2007
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Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
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WIRELESS internet service providers are preparing to push back against the federal Government’s $1.9 billion broadband plan, as static builds over the proposal’s impact on spectrum around the country.
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IN late November last year a group from Telstra’s Countrywide division, headed by well-regarded veteran executive Don Pinel, presented a proposal to the company’s senior leadership team for the Government’s Regional Connect program.
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The biggest hole to appear so far has been revealed by Tasmania’s finance minister, Michael Aird. The Opel proposal, according to information released by the Federal Government, is proposing two new optic fibre links to Tasmania: one a completely new cabl
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TELSTRA is preparing to fight back against the Government’s $2 billion regional broadband project and protect its effective monopoly in the bush by providing faster ADSL technology on its ubiquitous copper network. The company also has the option of cutti
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LABOR is encouraging losing bidders for the federal Government’s now $1 billion rural and regional broadband subsidy to consider a complaint to the Auditor-General over the tenders for the grants. Opposition communications spokesman Stephen Conroy yesterd
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A WEEK after the launch of its national broadband strategy, the federal Government is still at odds with the winner of the $958 million tender for regional broadband funding over the capabilities of its chosen WiMax technology. At the launch of the plan l
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THE federal Government has refuted Tasmanian claims that it has taken control of the Basslink undersea cable, saying the Australia Connected initiative will bolster broadband to the entire state. A spokeswoman for Communications Minister Senator Helen Coo
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THE interesting thing about the bickering between the Government and Opposition on broadband is that they are both right.
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Monday, June 25th, 2007
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TELSTRA has told the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that any attempt to cut into the “final mile” of its copper telephone lines to connect consumers with a rival fibre-to-the-node broadband network would be illegal and would increase the i
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WiMax is real and its one case study in Australia gives us a window into the potential for the Opel business plan. Buzz Broadband in Hervey Bay offers a genuine, bona fide WiMax service with full voice and a 2Mbps broadband service. It has already claimed
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Telstra says it will only take part in a tender to build a fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) broadband network if it deems the process to be acceptable.
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TASMANIA has raised concerns about the federal Government’s $2 billion rural broadband announcement, saying it has no right to grant access to the Basslink undersea cable.
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Saturday, June 23rd, 2007
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Australia edged closer to a wireless broadband future yesterday when the Federal Government revealed that Optus and Elders (OPEL) would get $958 million to roll out a high-speed broadband network in regional and rural areas.
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No matter who wins the battle between the Optus-led G9 consortium and Telstra over the right to build Australia’s new broadband internet network, one thing is clear: Australians are unlikely to see any real improvement in their internet speeds for many
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The Federal Government will today unveil part of its long-awaited broadband package, including almost $1 billion of new funding for Telstra’s biggest rival, Optus, to improve access and speeds in regional areas.
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Deutsche Telekom AG, Europe’s largest phone company, said it has “no knowledge” of a bid to build a network in Australia’s major cities, denying a report that the German company may take part in a government tender.
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
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Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
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Fairly obvious to anyone who’s been using open source software for any length of time, but an excellent writeup. I feel like I should use the word codify here…
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Understanding mocks and stubs and where they fit in with testing takes a little bit of effort, but once it clicks you really start seeing the benefit in doing the least testing you can.
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