Qantas drops in-flight Wi-Fi – the NBN to the rescue?
By Mark A Gregory, RMIT University
The trial of in-flight Wi-Fi on six Qantas Airbus A380s flying between Melbourne, Los Angeles and London has ended, following an announcement by the carrier last week.
Ready for a NBN emergency?
Business Spectator 7 December 2012
Telstra is expected to fully restore its services in south-west Victoria by the end of this week with the telco’s boss David Thodey promising a thorough investigation into the fire that took out the Warrnambool exchange in late November.
Why Conroy must answer for ASIC’s internet blockade
Over the past nine months the Australian Securities and Investment Commission (ASIC) has used Section 313 of the Telecommunications Act 1997 to force Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to websites deemed by ASIC to be carrying out a criminal activity.
How to avoid more Vodafails
Vodafone is once again bemoaning its competitive disadvantages and yet it refuses to invest in its network. Perhaps a bit of forced competition could actually help the telco.
Vodafone would have the public – and the government – believe that Telstra is taking advantage of call termination fees which is the fee a carrier pays to another carrier when a customer calls someone on the other carrier’s network.
Ending the copyright witch-hunt
Kim Dotcom's new website, Mega, is set to spur on new anti-copyright measures. But is trying to stamp out piracy through litigation and legislation ultimately futile?
In the mad rush to appease movie and music companies, governments around the world have trodden on centuries of legal precedent and forced internet service providers to become unwilling proxies in what is a corporate law matter between copyright holders and pirates.