Median SMB broadband pricing fell 17.22 percent and residential broadband pricing 0.79 percent after Telstra fired a February salvo starting a $29.95 price war, a recent study has claimed.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has blamed a lack of resources and less reliable computer systems for "inferior" service levels Telstra supplies to its wholesale customers.

Significant competition from the likes of Optus@Home recently has given cause for Telstra BigPond to devise flat-rate pricing plans that have opened up its cable service to the residential market.

The worldwide broadband internet boom continued in the third quarter of last year, with the Middle East and Africa posting double-digit growth figures, research has suggested.

Dutch foundation claims devices seriously undermine road safety.

Major boost for emerging peer-to-peer technology.

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Online backup company offers unlimited online backup space - is this better than portable USB drives?

Comindico announced the roll out of a nationwide internet telephony service offering eight cent local calls, six cent per minute national calls and 23.3 cent per minute mobile calls.

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Telco joins other ISPs offering way out for Internet users sick of line rental charges.

Design your own home extension

Information broker Citec Confirm, a division of Queensland IT outsourcer Citec, has struck a three-year services deal with New Zealand-based credit check agency Baycorp Advantage.

Telstra will credit Bigpond customers with two weeks access, following email delays which saw the service impacted for almost a week.

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