IT networks
Internet traffic hijack dogs Google
Internet traffic hijacking disrupted several Google services Monday, including search and cloud-hosting services.
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Telecommunications
Seven per cent of NBN customers still on half the speed they pay for
Latest ACCC broadband report shows things are getting better, but not for everybody.
- by Tim Biggs
IT networks
Let them use Macs: IBM CIO on the importance of giving staff a choice
'This is the tool that people use eight hours a day. And it's important that people feel that we care about that.'
- by Peter Wells
IT networks
Telstra's new modems mean NBN outages won't kill your home phone
The Smart Modem Gen 2 will use Telstra's 4G mobile network to supply internet and phone calls in the event of an outage, at no extra cost.
- by Adam Turner
Electricity
Data centre power use greater than Woolworths, Coles combined
Our love of the cloud means data centres are swiftly becoming one of the country's largest consumers of electricity.
- by Cole Latimer
NBN
Downloads soar once Australians get on the NBN, Telstra numbers show
The telco says monthly household downloads leap by 50 per cent once homes move across to the new high-speed network.
- by Adam Turner
Telecommunications
China's Huawei, ZTE banned from 5G network
Companies that are 'likely to be subject to extrajudicial directions from a foreign government', would pose a risk to the 5G network, government says.
- by Tim Biggs & Jennifer Duke
IT networks
Fax machines vulnerable to hacking, can give access to entire networks
New report indicates that fax machines connected to both a phone line and the internet can fall prey to a hacker's malicious image files.
- by Miranda Moore
IT networks
Seven per cent of NBN customers on less than half speed they paid for
Latest report from ACCC shows most NBN fixed-line customers getting good speeds, but number on very poor speeds is 'concerning'.
- by Adam Turner
Telecommunications
Telcos obligated to test NBN copper connections, not fix them, under new rules
Coming into effect on September 21, new NBN rules aim to prevent homes going without internet for months.
- by Adam Turner
Analysis
NBN
Know your rights: threat of NBN broadband limbo still looms for many
Despite promises from the ACMA the majority of Australian homes could still end up without internet, or relying on mobile hotspots, if NBN installation fails.
- by Adam Turner