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• IPv6 pushes IT off the edge

  IT managers and staff need to be pushed off the edge into the IPv6 pool in order to encourage migration to the new address protocol, Blue Coat senior architect, Qing Li, has warned.

• Internode warns IT departments to factor IPv6 into procurement decisions

  With IPv4 addresses set to run out in mid 2011, internet service provider (ISP), Internode, is warning that IT departments need to ensure that procurement decisions must factor in IPv6 compatibility or face being stuck with obsolete gear.

• ISPs lock horns over ACCC pricing intervention

  Internet service providers (ISP) have locked horns over the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission’s (ACCC) proposal for revamped pricing structures for Telstra's broadband wholesale offerings, with some questioning the need for tighter regulation of the incumbent telco.
  

• What are you saying: Internode and Telstra negotiations, Australia's e-book market & Turnbull

  Every week, <i>Computerworld Australia</i> collates all the things our readers have been saying about the news, both in the forums and in comments.

• Internode wholesale negotiations better, still not "equitable": Hackett

  Internet service provider (ISP), Internode has furthered its negotiations with Telstra for more equitable wholesale pricing, following concerns the ISP’s managing director, Simon Hackett, has aired in previous months.
  

• IPTV faces new foe in Apple's revamped TV

  The first three Australian internet service providers (ISPs) to sign up to Internet Protocol TV (IPTV) service FetchTV now face increased competition in the form of Apple's newly revamped Apple TV service.
  

• Careers Q&A: Internode's Simon Hackett

  From owning one of Australia's only all-electric Tesla Roadster sports cars to inventing an internet-controlled toaster in the 1990s, Internode's managing director, Simon Hackett, isn't an ordinary pluck from the IT crowd. Instead, the ISP's founder has managed to get through life having only had one job interview, and has witnessed the internet landscape in Australia go from birth to maturity over the past 25 years. Hackett talked to <i>Computerworld Australia</i> about the magic of the Apple II, working in the university internet sector and why his success story is unlikely to be repeated anytime soon.
  

• Internode announces Easy Bundle plans

  Internet Service Provider (ISP), Internode has announced the release of three new Easy Bundle plans in an attempt to extend the reach of its large data plans across the country.

• Telstra negotiates on wholesale broadband pricing

  The wholesale arm of Australia's biggest telco Telstra has declined to engage in what it described as a "public battle" with its customer Internode, in the midst of delicate negotiations that are slated to affect Internode's ADSL broadband pricing around the nation.

• Internode slashes terabyte pricing

  Internode has cut the prices on its new terabyte broadband plans by $30 a month, bringing them into closer in line with what the national broadband provider’s competitors are charging.

• SA to see new WiMAX network from Internode

  Internode has acknowledged that its latest WiMAX wireless network rolled out to regional areas of South Australia is heavily reliant on the Federal Government’s Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) program.

• ISP Internode ditches Telstra in terabyte fight

  A fortnight after first signalled by the service provider’s managing director, Simon Hackett, Internode will offer ADSL2+ plans with a terabyte of monthly quota, but only on exchanges served by its own DSLAM equipment.
  

• Australia's major telcos unfazed by Internode's business market push

  Australia’s major telcos remain unperturbed despite news that rival ISP, Internode, will be zeroing in on enterprise customers, after setting up its new Brisbane office.

• Internode flags business market push

  Internet service provider, Internode has flagged its intention to increasingly target the business market, announcing the opening of a Brisbane office to dirctly service its existing and expanding customer base in the sunshine state.

• Internode readies high quota broadband plans

  Internode’s managing director, Simon Hackett, has acknowledged that the service provider will provide “substantial” upgrades to its broadband plans in response to the recent influx of competitive plans with high monthly data quotas, but said it would be a few weeks until anything is announced.