Wireless & Broadband
Households connecting to internet at twice the rate
Internet access to Australian homes has grown twofold in the past six years, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says.
iiNet details 'Naked DSL' roll out
Broadband is about to get "naked" in a move that may further reduce
dependence on the traditional telephone.
Signal from the mount: now even Everest has coverage
China's largest mobile phone service provider successfully tested a transmission station on Mount Everest today, making it possible for climbers and those on next year's Olympic torch relay to make calls, a state news agency reported.
Plans for free wireless internet in CBD on hold
A NSW State Government plan to offer free wireless broadband
throughout the CBD has stalled, a senior City of Sydney staff
member says.
Big rise in gripes by Internet customers
Complaints against telecommunications companies have risen by more
than 30 per cent over the past year.
Broadband use grows rapidly
Australia records a sharp increase in the number of households and
businesses with broadband internet connections.
BigPond sinks in satisfaction survey
Customers of Telstra's BigPond have given Australia's largest
internet service provider a resounding thumbs down.
Want free wi-fi with that?
Free wireless internet access is coming to an advertising screen
near you, writes Lia Timson.
The bare facts about 'naked DSL'
Australian ADSL broadband providers are gearing up to launch "naked
DSL" plans, enabling users to for the first time bypass costly line
rental charges.
Lock it down
There is no reason to make it easy for your neighbours to invade
your wireless network and tamper with your files.
Send the right signal
There's more to setting up your wireless home network than you
might expect.
Freedom factor
Want to access the internet from any room in your house without a
trail of cords following you? Here's how.
Telstra switches on super-fast downloads
Telstra's cable broadband customers in Melbourne and Sydney can now
get 30 megabits per second download speeds after a major network
upgrade.
No strings attached
David Flynn leads you through the world of wireless broadband.
Quo is me, at AAPT
Telecommunications and internet service company AAPT has blamed service provisioning delays on problems with its new customer management software, Hyperbaric.
UWB could be next big thing in wirelessness
Scientists experiment using extremely high radio frequencies to
transfer huge data files over short distances.
Police nab suspected broadband bandit
A 39-year-old Briton has been arrested on suspicion of using someone else's wireless internet connection without permission, police said on Wednesday.
Riding the airwaves
Richard Wray looks at Google's bid to join the US wireless network.
Adobe wants to push Flash onto wireless devices
Adobe, the company credited with transforming the web from a dull to a dynamic environment, is pushing to do the same thing for mobile phones.
Broadband expert warns Australia
If the race has started to develop really fast broadband in the Asia-Pacific area, Australia has already all but lost, a leading telecommunications analyst says.
