After years of waiting, the PIPE PPC-1 fibre-optic link stretching from Sydney via Guam, is going live. In a big win for consumers of some ISPs, a new era of cheaper plans and bigger data allowances may await

More than 20,000 people voted for the best and worst technology in this year's Awards, including the best ISP, laptop brand, wireless router, and best online retailer. See who won and who lost.

Amidst howls of protest against ISP filtering in Australia, including street rallies, the Australian Christian Lobby says filtering the tubes is actually a good idea.

For $29.95 Internode now offer customers the chance to boost their 3G reception. The product can be used with any wireless ISP, though how effective they are is still to be seen

A Dutch ISP intends to severely restrict users' bandwidth when accessing certain web sites.

This Investigator reports how one man spent six weeks fighting "tooth and nail" with People Telecom over a contract he claimed was extended by 12 months without his permission.

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iiNet have been ordered to give up IP records of twenty file downloaders in the controversial court challenge between the Australian ISP and copyright group AFACT.

Activity levels for Cutwail, one of the world's largest botnets, fell by 90 per cent after the recent shutdown of a Latvian ISP, but sprung back within just 48 hours, according to MessageLabs..

The government’s blogging team says it will “reflect on the many lessons learned” after punters posted more than 1,500 comments, mostly about Internet filters.

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By all reports the Internet filtering trial is going ahead, but the Government's effort to filter ISP traffic is looking less and less popular.

Reports that AAPT is planning to uncap its offpeak data sounds like good news, but plenty of questions remain.

Westnet, Winner of PC Authority's "Best ISP" award two years running, has launched Mobile broadband using the Optus network.

Well, if you're using one of six ISPs. The first "phase" of the government's controversial ISP filtering scheme is set to begin.

Internode Managing director Simon Hackett is calling for experienced broadband users to take part in an Australian first trial of IPv6 running on the Internode ADSL network

It seems that the world plus dog is falling over itself to filter the World Wide Wibble in a desperate bid to protect children from things they can handle on their own.

Australians have another way to hire movies from the couch with the launch of TiVo's Blockbuster movie download service