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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.

• TPG in hot water for access to 000 services

  The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is taking TPG to the federal court for allegedly failing to give customers access to emergency call services.

• How fast are HSPA+ and LTE in Australia?

  With the Google Nexus 4, which launches in Australia on 13 November, supporting HSPA+ but not LTE, many Australians may be wondering what kind of speeds they can receive on the top three telcos.

• TPG bundles CCTV with broadband

  TPG has bundled cloud-based video surveillance with broadband in a new double play aimed at small and medium-sized businesses.

• Court finds TPG broadband ads misled consumers

  The Federal Court has found advertising for internet service provider TPG’s $29.99 Unlimited ADSL2+ campaign to be false and misleading.

• TPG confirms buying into iiNet

  TPG Telecom (ASX:TPM) has confirmed it has acquired a stake in rival listed ISP iiNet (ASX:IIN).

• TPG to acquire IntraPower

  TPG (ASX: TPM) has announced it is to acquire IntraPower (ASX:IPX) in an off market takeover deal worth some $12.8 million.

• 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.

• IPv6: Where Australian carriers are at

  The time has finally come - internet protocol version 4 (IPv4) has run out of addresses.

• ACCC takes TPG to court

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has instituted legal proceedings against internet service provider (ISP) TPG for alleged contraventions of the Trade Practices Act.

• What are you saying: NBN Co business case, Telstra separation, iiNet, TPG

  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.

• TPG faces customer backlash over slowed net speeds

  TPG is facing the prospect of a major customer backlash following numerous reports of slow network speeds and a lack of customer service.

• Slattery leaves PIPE early

  TPG (ASX:TPM) has confirmed Pipe Networks CEO Bevan Slattery has stood down just six months into his 12-month contract signed following [[artnid:339429|the acquisition of Pipe in March this year|new]].
  

• Now TPG offers Terabyte broadband plan

  TPG has become the latest internet service provider to launch a broadband plan featuring a total of a terabyte of monthly quota, following launches by iiNet and Primus this week.

• iiNet confirms AAPT buy, exits trading halt

  ASX-listed iiNet (ASX: IIN), has become Australia's second largest ADSL2+ Internet service provider as the result of the $60 million acquisition of AAPT's consumer division from parent company, Telecom NZ.