Stories about: Pacific Internet

Service providers need to put more service into the broadband arena and reposition themselves in order for the market to expand, according to the chairman of the Service Provider Industry Association (SPAN), John Kranenburg.

A network capacity timebomb with the potential to cripple businesses if left unchecked awaits Australian enterprises, leading industry figures warned last week. It is an impending crisis similar to Telstra's infamous BigPond e-mail fiasco, they said.

Pacific Internet has moved into managed services, announcing the launch of two new products and signing Channelworx as a new distributor.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has issued Telstra with a competition notice, opening up the opportunity for the telco’s wholesale partners to seek damages and compensation from the company. Telstra’s wholesale partners have indicated so far, however, that they would rather see the problem solved through negotiation than have to resort to seeking damages in a courtroom.

Many Australian small businesses still use consumer broadband products instead of business plans according to the second installment of the Pacific Internet Broadband Barometer that was recently unveiled.

Australian ISPs are at the coalface of the anti-spam legislation that is before Parliament.

Pacific Internet is targeting SME's with its new range of private network solutions that allow small businesses to connect multiple sites to a secure wide area network (WAN).

Broadband service providers should take more responsibility for educating and informing customers about the specifications of broadband product offerings, industry representatives claim.

More needs to be done by ISPs to ensure they develop broadband products which are appealing to Australia’s small business community, an industry representative claims.

E-mail users' rights have advanced following antispammer Joey McNicol's court victory last week against a direct marketing company, but legal opinion differs as to how far.

Pacific Internet has signed a strategic deal with NEC to deliver a new business grade broadband DSL service over NEC's NEXTEP network in Australia. The first services will be launched in June 2002.