Telstra snaps up South Australian ISP for $50 million

Telstra snaps up South Australian ISP for $50 million: "Telstra has acquired the internet service provider Adam Internet for a reported $50 million and will expand the South Australian business nationally.

The deal is subject to approval by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission and will see Telstra acquire all of Adam's business including Adam's Adelaide data centre and fibre assets."

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Council uses phone apps to give power to the people

Council uses phone apps to give power to the people: "THE City of Sydney will soon open its planning decisions to the digital masses, with mobile phone apps for citizens to send feedback to the council directly from the sites of proposed developments.

''Consultation apps'' to be available within a year are the next step in a digital engagement strategy, which shows how digital tools could revolutionise citizen involvement in government decision making.

More than 30,000 individuals have already visited a website specifically set up to invite comment on decisions before the council. The number of site visits swamps the 50 or so stalwarts who regularly turn up to community forums."

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Huge 100Mbps demand: 44% of NBN users take top speed | Delimiter

Huge 100Mbps demand: 44% of NBN users take top speed | Delimiter: "news 44 percent of NBN customers signed up so far have opted for the company’s fasted 100Mbps speed tier, the National Broadband Network Company revealed this week, as evidence continues to accumulate that Australians will overwhelmingly pay for the fastest broadband speeds available if given the chance.

NBN Co’s corporate plan published in December 2010 previously predicted that in the early years of its fibre rollout, the majority (52%) of customers who signed up for its fibre services would have picked the entry level speed tier it’s offering — a 12Mbps service which is slower even than current theoretical ADSL2+ speeds. The remainder were to be split largely between the next speed tranches of 25Mbps (17%) ad 50Mbps (23%), with only a small number (8%) taking the highest speed 100Mbps plans."

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Willunga near top for NBN take-up | Herald Sun

Willunga near top for NBN take-up | Herald Sun: "FORTY-FIVE thousand addresses in South Australia will have access to the National Broadband Network by the end of this year, putting the massive $36 billion project on track to meet its 758,000 premises target nationally in 2012, the Federal Government will reveal today.

Take-up rates in one of the first sites to be rolled out - Willunga, to Adelaide's south - are also the second-highest in the country with four in 10 homes, or 41 per cent, electing to use the high-speed internet facility.

The figures will be released later today by Communication Minister Stephen Conroy."

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