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Even though Telstra will shut down its cable broadband network to make way for the NBN, it says it is bringing 30Mbit/s speeds to more cities.]]> Fri, 02 Jul 2010 12:00:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//telstra-launches-200gb-broadband-plans.htm http://apcmag.com//telstra-launches-200gb-broadband-plans.htm Thu, 17 Jun 2010 16:44:39 +1000 http://apcmag.com//super-fast-new-australia-los-angeles-cable-to-be-built.htm http://apcmag.com//super-fast-new-australia-los-angeles-cable-to-be-built.htm

A group of high-flying Kiwi businessmen have formed a new venture to build an undersea fibre-optic cable to connect Australia, New Zealand the United States.]]> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:35:06 +1000 http://apcmag.com//optus-cable-to-hit-100mbits-by-mid-2010.htm http://apcmag.com//optus-cable-to-hit-100mbits-by-mid-2010.htm

The nation’s number two telco Optus today said it was on schedule to upgrade the speed of its HFC cable network in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane to 100Mbps by mid-2010.]]> Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:50:18 +1000 http://apcmag.com//spain-decrees-affordable-broadband-a-legal-right-for-all-citizens.htm http://apcmag.com//spain-decrees-affordable-broadband-a-legal-right-for-all-citizens.htm

Internet connections of at least 1Mbps, at a fixed and regulated rate, will be included in a revised ‘universal service’ obligation as a legal obligation for Spanish telcos.]]> Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:53:46 +1000 http://apcmag.com//telstra-boosts-cable-speeds-to-100mbps.htm http://apcmag.com//telstra-boosts-cable-speeds-to-100mbps.htm

Telstra is ready to flick the switch on Melbourne’s upgraded 100Mbps cable broadband network, but users wait to learn the price for having Australia’s fastest home Internet...]]> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:44:56 +1000 http://apcmag.com//finland-declares-1mbps-broadband-to-be-a-legal-right.htm http://apcmag.com//finland-declares-1mbps-broadband-to-be-a-legal-right.htm

The Finnish government has decreed that all citizens will be entitled to at least a 1Mbps broadband connection by July next year, with a 100Mbps service mandatory by 2015.]]> Thu, 15 Oct 2009 22:42:56 +1000 http://apcmag.com//aussie-home-broadband-connections-tip-past-the-50-mark.htm http://apcmag.com//aussie-home-broadband-connections-tip-past-the-50-mark.htm

Despite one in every two Australian homes having a fixed broadband connection, we barely make it into the Top 20 list of countries with the highest penetration of home broadband.]]> Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:21:46 +1000 http://apcmag.com//telstras-massive-nerve-centre-exposed.htm http://apcmag.com//telstras-massive-nerve-centre-exposed.htm

Telstra has marked the 10th anniversary of its jumbo-sized Global Operations Centre in Melbourne by throwing the doors open to media.]]> Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:34:44 +1000 http://apcmag.com//corsair-reveals-concealer-pc-case.htm http://apcmag.com//corsair-reveals-concealer-pc-case.htm

COMPUTEX | Corsair has got bored of making just memory and power supplies and has added a new high-end case to its arsenal that hides cables.]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:59:32 +1000 http://apcmag.com//television-set-top-boxes-to-get-flash.htm http://apcmag.com//television-set-top-boxes-to-get-flash.htm

Adobe says by the end of 2009, we'll all be using Flash apps right on our TVs. ]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:45:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//acer-unveils-new-modular-cable-free-workstations.htm http://apcmag.com//acer-unveils-new-modular-cable-free-workstations.htm

Acer has unveiled new workstations that make it easy to work on the guts without getting in a tangle.]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 15:27:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//telstra-to-upgrade-cable-to-100mbits.htm http://apcmag.com//telstra-to-upgrade-cable-to-100mbits.htm

Melbourne, you lucky bastards. You'll be surfing at 100Mbit/s by Christmas, according to Telstra.]]> Tue, 10 Mar 2009 12:00:50 +1000 http://apcmag.com//monster_unveils_1800_cable__very_expensive_unfortunately.htm http://apcmag.com//monster_unveils_1800_cable__very_expensive_unfortunately.htm

Monster Cable's event at CES had hype and hoopla, but nothing could conceal the fact that Monster exists to fleece the wallets of rich suckers.]]> Thu, 08 Jan 2009 22:02:14 +1000 http://apcmag.com//smc_mini_wireless_barricade_g_router.htm http://apcmag.com//smc_mini_wireless_barricade_g_router.htm

SMC delivers another competent router that packs a first - scanner sharing]]> Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:14:22 +1000 http://apcmag.com//denon_creates_500_ethernetcableforsuckers.htm http://apcmag.com//denon_creates_500_ethernetcableforsuckers.htm

$500 can buy you a decent desktop PC or ultra-portable notebook, but wouldn't you rather blow that wad of cash on an Ethernet cable?]]> Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:06:24 +1000 http://apcmag.com//linksys_wrt160n_wireless_router.htm http://apcmag.com//linksys_wrt160n_wireless_router.htm

Linksys' latest router looks more like a sports car than a network appliance. Does it have the go to match the show?]]> Tue, 20 May 2008 13:20:00 +1000 http://apcmag.com//ive_had_it_with_dishonest_tech_marketing.htm http://apcmag.com//ive_had_it_with_dishonest_tech_marketing.htm

Why don't tech companies just say what they mean? As a journalist, I'm sick of receiving essentially dishonest announcements from big tech companies.]]> Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:32:47 +1000