EFA congratulates iiNet on its historic High Court victory

EFA congratulates iiNet Limited on its historic victory in the High Court in the long-running Roadshow v iiNet case. The High Court has unanimously dismissed claims made by rights owners that an ISP should act to stop copyright infringements by users or be held liable as authorising those infringements. This means that ISPs don’t have […]

Are Ageing Aussies destined for the fast lane?

This afternoon Delimiter posted an article from Exetel’s CEO about Ageing Australia not being interested in seeing broadband speeds of up to 1Gbps. Here is an excerpt from the article: During the election campaign, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy revealed the NBN would support speeds of up to 1Gbps, instead of the 100Mbps initially planned — after NBN […]

The Necessary Broadband Network

This week is good news for Australian internet users. Both the cyber-safety (covered yesterday) and broadband issues have had their moment on the election stage. We now know the details of all the major parties’ broadband policies and can do a side-by-side comparison. Which one will deliver the best outcome for Australia’s future? Refreshingly, the Labor and […]