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If you've been wondering how much an NBN fibre based plan with unlimited data would cost, we now have the answer. ISP AusBBS has announced such plans starting at $90 per month.

A new tool is finally pointing out the key differences between the Labor and Coalition NBN plans - and it seems to be well and truly clicking with voters.

NBN Co has announced it will begin offering a one gigabit service to service providers in December.

Aussies' love-affair with the internet is continuing, although businesses are still largely failing to capitalise according to figures released today.

Leighton subsidiary Visionstream has won a lucrative $334 million contract with NBN Co for fibre rollout in the Eastern states. With two optional one-year extensions, the two-year contract could be worth up to $1 billion, according to the firm.

Billion has added to its range of 'fibre ready' ADSL routers (ie, they incorporate an Ethernet WAN port as well as an ADSL2+ modem) with the release of the BiPAC 7800NXL.

Most of the attention given to NBN plans has revolved around the residential market, but we're now hearing more about what ISPs have planned for the business sector.

We might not be driving bubble-topped Rolls-Royces or flying our own rocket planes, but one thing our 21st century homes have in common with Tracy Island is fast communications.

With one eye on the Square Kilometre Array bid, AARNet has announced a substantial upgrade to its connectivity with the rest of the world.

Phase 1 of the NBN fibre rollout will reach up to one third of homes and businesses over the next three years. Will you be covered?

NBN Co has announced fibre rollout plans for additional areas in New South Wales, Queensland, Tasmania and Victoria.

Internode is offering Internet service to residents of more than 20 greenfields sites around the country. The plans match the company's NBN-based offerings.

The Competitive Carriers' Coalition says the exemption granted by the Federal Government to Telstra will mean thousands of Australians will not gain the full benefits of competition.

New Zealand telco Chorus has selected Huawei equipment to increase the capacity of its rural fibre cables.

A student from Australia's National Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence (NICTA) has been awarded for his work in developing a novel, low-cost transmission option for shorthaul optical links required for future infrastructure like cloud computing and video-on-demand from data centres and storage networks.

New Zealand's Ultrafast Fibre will use Huawei equipment to deliver fibre to the home connections in certain parts of the country.

Research breakthrough promises more energy-efficient fibre networks.

A submission to the ACCC from NBN Co seeks to increase prices for high end broadband services by inflation plus 5% over the next 30 years, which will result in massive charges without a competing service in coming years, according to former Optus senior executive turned Liberal MP Paul Fletcher.

Primus has completed the first stage of its project to add Optical Transport Network capability to its fibre rings.

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