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Paul Graham has delivered a frank assessment of Australia Post’s grim financial situation, with mail volumes having dropped 66%.

Michelle Rowland’s online safety agenda has been outlined in a government response to an inquiry into social media and internet safety.

eSafety noted people with disabilities ‘struggled’ to articulate what they required for their online safety needs.

At this point, in the lead-up to the next federal election, Labor’s NBN policy is superior to that of the Coalition.

What do we need from our broadband for a good streaming, gaming or conferencing experience? A connection that offers low and relatively constant latency.

More than 2,000 public schools across NSW will recieve internet upgrades in a $328 deal between the state government telecommunications giant Telstra. Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell today announced an expected tenfold increase in internet speed across NSW’s public schools system, with more than 5,200 kilometres of fibre slated to be laid down. “This upgrade […]

Altogether the upgrade is expected to give about six million households access to internet speeds of up to one gigabit per second. But how will the existing infrastructure be boosted? And who will miss out?

A new fingernail-sized chip that can transmit data at 40 Tbps through a single optical fibre connection of the same kind used in the NBN has been developed. That’s about three times the record data rate for the entire NBN network and about 100 times the speed of any single device currently used in Australian fibre networks.

The federal government’s online safety hub has been recognised as a world-leading website. The eSafety Commissioner this week received a Webby Honouree in the annual Webby Awards’ government and civil innovation category.

New arrangements for shopping around the telecommunications market will make things easier in the Victorian government’s rural and regional offices, according to the premier’s department.