Networking

An NBN FttN node getting a Nokia line card installed Image: Corinne Reichert/ZDNet In the wake of National Broadband Network announcing its new pricing structure at the end of November, Aussie Broadband has unveiled a new set of residential plans. The telco is introducing a 100/20Mbps tier for AU$10 less ...

Extraordinary surge in download of mobile VPN apps worldwide Countries with the most mobile VPN app downloads: Indonesia, the US, India. How much are people looking forward to WireGuard, the new in-kernel Linux virtual private network (VPN)? Well, Linus Torvalds said, “Can I just once again state my love for ...

SpaceX to launch space internet satellites Falcon 9 is getting ready to take its first two Starlink internet satellites into orbit this Wednesday. Read more: http://zd.net/2BvqpA5 Satellites cast into low Earth orbit by Elon Musk’s rocket company, SpaceX, are disrupting astronomy research due to the vehicles’ brightness in night skies ...

(Image: NBN) TPG has added its voice to the chorus of commercial telcos querying NBN’s targeting of business customers. “We do have concerns about NBN’s increasing involvement in the business market in areas where there is already substantial existing fibre from numerous competitive carriers,” TPG founder and executive chairman David ...

(Image: Chris Duckett/ZDNet) The National Broadband Network (NBN) has revealed the extent to which it receives service faults, telling Senate Estimates via an answer to Questions on Notice that in the 2018-19 fiscal year, it received 501,600 service faults. At June 30, the NBN had just over 5.5 million active ...

Image:Bence Boros The FBI says owners of IoT (Internet of Things) devices should isolate this equipment on a separate WiFi network, different from the one they’re using for their primary devices, such as laptops, desktops, or smartphones. “Your fridge and your laptop should not be on the same network,” the ...

Ericsson’s focus on novel small cell solutions, in prep for 5G Ericsson has taken the wraps off three new small cell solutions, the Multi-Operator Dot, the Multi-Dot Enclosure, and the Strand-Mount Unit, which will be commercially available next year. There is no need to travel to remote countryside towns to ...

(Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) The best way to build a website for a big business is to do it the old-fashioned way: hire professionals, give them clear instructions, and let them go to work. But for most small and medium-sized businesses, that option is prohibitively expensive. cnet The best website builders ...

Our dream phone? It must have these features These are the nine things we would include in the perfect smartphone. T-Mobile has announced the launch of “America’s first nationwide 5G network”, which it says will cover about two-thirds of the population.  While the telco is stretching the definition of nationwide, ...

Norway’s ‘little’ project: A 24-pentabyte digital library for future generations From ancient manuscripts to movies, the National Library of Norway wants to put it all online for the public. It’s been a busy couple of years in the Norwegian data-center business. Before the end of this year, Microsoft will move ...