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• Pipe Network's Brisbane data centres suffer outage

  Australian fibre wholesaler, Pipe Networks, suffered an unexpected outage at its Brisbane-based DC1 and DC2 data centres in the early hours of this morning due to power and air conditioning issues.

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  Brisbane scraps sewer fibre stinker

  Brisbane City Council has scrapped the company slated to roll out fibre to home through the city’s sewer pipes, according to reports published this week.

• Assange supporters to rally in Brisbane

  Supporters of WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange, will rally in Brisbane as he waits to hear if he'll be extradited from Britain to Sweden on sex charges.

• Against the odds, Linux.conf.au 2011 kicks off in Brisbane

  January has been a tough month for all Queenslanders, but with the worst of the flooding behind it Brisbane will host the 2011 Australian national Linux conference, Linux.conf.au.

• Optus network disrupted by flooding

  The Optus network in Queensland has been disrupted due to power outages as the flooding continues.

• Brisbane blackouts could last for days

  Power will begin to be cut to parts of Brisbane's CBD and a number of low-lying riverside suburbs from 8.30am (AEST) on Wednesday, with a warning the blackouts could last for days.

• Telstra evacuates 2000 in Brisbane, services strained

  Up to 2000 Telstra employees are among those who have evacuated Brisbane's CBD after floodwaters spilled into the city.

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  Council denies it misled on broadband deal

  Brisbane City Council denies it has misled its constituents that an agreement had been reached to have fibre optic broadband running through its sewage pipes.

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  Brisbane to forge ahead with sewer-based fibre plan

  Brisbane is to receive a new open access fibre to the home network, pitched as complementing the National Broadband Network (NBN), aimed at delivering 100 megabits per second (Mbps) broadband to every home and business within four years.

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  'Sewer pipes' may deliver broadband

  Brisbane is investigating bringing broadband to the city's houses using its sewer pipes to carry the fibre optic cable.

• Optus, Brisbane Council ink $60 million IP deal

  Brisbane City Council has awarded Optus a $60 million network managed services contract to transform its telecommunications network infrastructure to a new IP-based communications system.