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• Benchmarker defends Oz broadband report

  A telco analyst firm responsible for a scathing report on Internet access in Australia has defended its claims amid a barrage of criticism.

• Report: Australian broadband performance on the rise

  Australian Internet surfers enjoyed significant improvements in performance during the last quarter of 2008, according to new international research.

• Federal, state and local Governments set national broadband priorities

  Australian Governments of all levels have jointly released a framework to accelerate the development and use of broadband in Australia to ensure the country remains domestically and internationally competitive.

• About those 'Net capacity issues: There's more

  A little over a year ago, my colleagues and I modeled current and projected Internet capacity and anticipated demand to see if the curves ever crossed. The short answer: Yes, sometime before 2012, access (though not core) capacity would no longer be enough to serve demand.

• U.S. needs more broadband competition, expert says

  By some measures, the U.S. broadband market is healthy -- prices have fallen, speed has increased and millions of people have become customers in recent years. But customer choices are still limited, and prices could fall even more with more competition, one telecom expert said Friday.

• BT to kill 100Mbps fibre broadband?

  BT is considering shelving its £1.5bn (US$2.2 billion) high-speed fibre optic broadband network.

• Worldwide broadband prices continue to drop

  Broadband subscribers all over the world are getting more for their money. The cost for cable, fiber and DSL (digital subscriber line) subscriptions are all dropping, and at the same time speeds are increasing, according to market research company Point Topic.

• Commission calls for broadband access for all Europeans

  Broadband access to the internet should be a universal service for all European Union citizens, the European Commission said Thursday as it launched a debate on the issue with policy makers, industry and the public.

• Australia in list of countries lagging behind in supplying speedy broadband

  Broadband speeds in the U.K., Italy and Australia and many other countries are barely keeping pace with the demands of Web-based applications and video services, whose bandwidth needs are expected to only rise, according to a new survey.

• iPrimus launches price-capped mobile broadband

  Telco iPrimus has launched what it claims is Australia's first capped-price mobile broadband service that slows the connection speed when the 6GB of monthly data allowance is reached.

• Telstra shakes up mobile broadband pricing

  Telstra’s BigPond business unit has cut the price of its mobile broadband services and now charges the same rate for wireless mobile card plans as it does for wireless modem plans.