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• First NT fixed wireless customer connected to NBN

  The first fixed wireless customer in the Northern Territory has been connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN).

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  Exetel joins IPTV trend with Quickflix services

  Exetel will offer unmetered streaming of TV and movie programs provided by Quickflix to its customers next year.

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  iPrimus releases NBN fixed wireless pricing

  iPrimus has connected its first customer to the National Broadband Network’s fixed wireless service in Warrenheip, Victoria.

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  Copyright infringement scheme a "waste of time": Exetel

  The copyright infringement scheme put forward by the Communications Alliance and major Australian ISPs has been labelled a “waste of time” by John Linton, chief executive of internet service provider Exetel.

• Communications Alliance, ISPs propose file sharing Notice Scheme

  In a bid to educate Australians about illegal downloads, the Communications Alliance has teamed up with Telstra Bigpond, iiNet, Optus, iPrimus and Internode for the creation of a Notice Scheme.

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  NBN plans cheaper than ADSL2+ equivalents: Analysis

  Many internet access plans on the National Broadband Network (NBN) will be cheaper on a per gigabyte usage basis than current ADSL2+ plans.

• NBN Co concludes first mainland trials

  Residents and businesses participating in the first five mainland trials of the National Broadband Network (NBN) will have access to commercial services over the network following the completion of the trials.

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  Poll finds Vodafone second worst ISP for customer satisfaction

  New findings from market research firm, Roy Morgan, have delivered another blow to Vodafone, showing that the telco is now second only to Dodo as worst internet service provider for customer satisfaction.

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  Primus announces 1.1TB plan in response to iiNet offering

  It has taken less than 24 hours for Primus Telecom to rise to the challenge issued by iiNet yesterday when the latter internet service provider unveiled the local market's first one terabyte (TB) capped plan.

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  ISPs rip shreds off Opposition broadband policy

  Four of Australia’s biggest Internet service providers (ISPs) have ripped into the Federal Opposition’s broadband policy as failing to provide a competitive market structure.

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  Filtered Internet for 70% of web users under government deal

  Up to 70 per cent of Australians will have filtered Internet access under a deal between Telstra, Optus, iPrimus and the Federal Government, Communications Minster Stephen Conroy said today.

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  Telcos give a tick to NBN ad splash

  Several Internet service providers have backed the Federal Government’s $16 million advertising splash designed to shore-up public support for the National Broadband Network (NBN).

• ISPs to pay $300 per connection in Tassie NBN stage one

  iPrimus, iiNet and Internode will pay $300 per premises connected to NBN Co as part of the Tasmanian stage one rollout of the national broadband network (NBN).

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  Asymmetric speeds plague first NBN plans

  Residential customers of the stage 1 trial sites for the national broadband network (NBN) in Tasmania will receive committed upstream speeds of two to eight megabits per second (Mbps) on the iPrimus network, the service provider's chief executive officer, Ravi Bhatia, has revealed.

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  Primus: NBN services to start at $39.95

  Primus Telecom will offer the first fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) services starting at $39.95 per month, as part of the stage 1 Tasmania's National Broadband Network (NBN) trial sites in Tasmania.