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Australian broadband connections soar to 4.3 million: ABS
http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/latestProducts/8146.0Media%20Release12007-08

Repairs begin on undersea cable
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7795320.stm

Severed cable disrupts Middler East web access
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7792688.stm

Software that opens worlds to the disabled
http://iht.com/articles/2008/12/18/technology/18software.php

New guidelines boost web access
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7789622.stm

UK anti-piracy plan to make ISPs liable for illegal downloads
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/21/piracy-isps-internet-music-industry

Australian copyright lawsuit against iiNet kicks off
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24822857-5013040,00.html

Warner Music Removes Its Videos From YouTube as Licensing Talks Stall
http://nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/media/22warner.html

Chris Anderson theory contradicted as study reveals 10m digital music tracks 
unsold
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5380304.ece

RIAA Confirms It Will Take Piracy Fight to ISPs
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2337294,00.asp

RIAA drops lawsuits; ISPs to battle file sharing
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10126914-93.html

China says $41 billion to be spent on 3G
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE4BI1E120081219

Kiwi spammer gets hefty fine [NZPA]
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10549401

Japanese protest against Google Street View [AFP]
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/21/1229794224275.html

Phorm is out to alter world of online advertising
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article5367153.ece

China unblocks access to New York Times Web site
http://iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/technology/22webchina.php

Missed opportunities in Australia's copper evolution by Kenneth Davidson
http://business.theage.com.au/business/missed-opportunities-in-coppers-evolution-20081221-731t.html


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INTERNET USE
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Australian broadband connections soar to 4.3 million: ABS
During 2007/08, an additional 800,000 Australian households signed up for 
Broadband Internet, according to figures released today by the Australian 
Bureau of Statistics. As of June 30 2008 the total Broadband connections were 
at 4.3 million (52% of all households), an increase of 22% on last years total.
http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/latestProducts/8146.0Media%20Release12007-08

Household Use of Information Technology, Australia, 2007-08: Main findings - 
Household access to computers and the internet
In 2007-08, 67% of Australian households had home Internet access and 75% of 
households had access to a computer. Between 1998 to 2007-08, household access 
to the Internet at home has more than quadrupled from 16% to 67%, while access 
to computers has increased by 31 percentage points to 75%.
http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]/mf/8146.0

Australia still lagging behind in broadband stakes
Broadband internet connections in Australia have jumped by 22 per cent in the 
past year, but there are still concerns about internet speed.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/18/2450620.htm

au: Tas computer use lagging behind
New figures from the Bureau of Statistics show Tasmania's rate of internet 
access is the lowest in the country, for broadband in particular.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/19/2450847.htm

Repairs begin on undersea cable
A French ship has begun repairing two undersea cables in the Mediterranean that 
were severed on Friday, disrupting internet and phone communications.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7795320.stm

Web partially restored after cable cut [AFP]
A French ship on Saturday took experts to repair broken undersea Mediterranean 
cables that caused severe disruption to telephone and internet services across 
the Middle East and Asia, France Telecom said.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/12/21/1229794224240.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/21/1229794224240.html

Robot sub to find severed undersea internet cable [BBC]
A French crew has begun to repair two undersea cables in the Mediterranean that 
were severed on Friday, disrupting internet and phone communications.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/22/2453286.htm

Internet service still spotty in parts of Mideast [AP]
Spotty Internet service continued to plague the Middle East as it began its 
work week Sunday, with service providers rerouting data detoured by severed 
underwater cables.
http://news.theage.com.au/technology/internet-service-still-spotty-in-parts-of-mideast-20081221-7322.html
http://news.smh.com.au/technology/internet-service-still-spotty-in-parts-of-mideast-20081221-7322.html

Severed cable disrupts Middler East web access
Internet and phone communications between Europe, the Middle East, and Asia 
have been seriously disrupted after submarine cables were severed. It is 
thought the FLAG FEA, SMW4, and SMW3 lines, near the Alexandria cable station 
in Egypt, have all been cut.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7792688.stm

Egypt gov't says 80 pct of Internet capacity is back
More than 80 percent of Egypt's Internet capacity has been restored, the 
government said on Sunday, two days after breaks in cables under the 
Mediterranean disrupted the service in the Arab country.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-37135320081221

Damaged cables cause internet outages for millions
Millions of web users across the Middle East are struggling to get online after 
damage to undersea cables connecting Europe, Africa and Asia took down a major 
route for internet traffic.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/19/undersea-cables-cut

Damaged undersea cables disrupting service
Parts of Asia, the Middle East, and Europe experienced Internet and telephone 
outages Friday when three undersea cables between Italy and Egypt in the 
Mediterranean Sea were damaged.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10127123-94.html

Undersea cable cuts disrupt Internet access [IDG]
Internet and telephone traffic between Europe, the Middle East and Asia was 
hampered today after three major underwater data lines were cut, according to 
France Telecom.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9124093
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/121908-undersea-cable-cuts-disrupt-internet.html
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155796/.html

Software that opens worlds to the disabled
One computer program would allow vision-impaired shoppers to point their 
cellphones at supermarket shelves and hear descriptions of products and prices. 
Another would allow a physically disabled person to guide a computer mouse 
using brain waves and eye movements.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/12/18/technology/18software.php

New guidelines boost web access
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has announced a new standard to make sites 
more accessible to older and disabled people. Version 2.0 of the Web Content 
Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) will apply to text, images, audio and video.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7789622.stm

Chinese internet porn sensation detained by police
A Chinese woman who became an online sensation after posting a homemade 
pornographic film of herself on the internet has been detained in Shanghai, 
according to state media.
http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-37130420081221
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKTRE4BK0BH20081221

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Cyberbullying cases picking up due to MySpace suicide law
"Cyberbullies" in Missouri are suddenly facing a flurry of legal activity 
thanks to an changes made to the state's harassment laws to include 
cyberbullying. The update was approved by state lawmakers in August in the wake 
of the high-profile "MySpace suicide" case, which involved a 13-year-old girl 
and the 49-year-old mother of an ex-friend. Now, Missouri is prosecuting the 
first handful of individuals for harassing others using various technology, 
although critics insist that such laws do nothing to actually stop bullies.
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081221-cyberbullying-laws-picking-up-after-myspace-suicide-case.html

us: Mo. begins prosecuting under cyberbullying law [AP]
A 21-year-old woman accused of sending a vulgar text message to a 17-year-old 
girl is one of the first cases brought under a law against cyberbullying 
spurred by the suicide of a teenage girl following cruel messages on the 
Internet.
http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/dec/20/mo-begins-prosecuting-under-cyberbullying-law/
http://www.thestate.com/166/story/627454.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/20/AR2008122000359.html

au: Internet filtering plan may extend to peer-to-peer traffic, says Stephen 
Conroy
THE Federal Government's controversial internet censorship scheme may extend to 
filter more online traffic than was first thought, Broadband Minister Stephen 
Conroy revealed today.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,24833959-2,00.html

au: OK, OK... now online child abuse laws are getting scary
I got an absolute kicking after writing last week that that guy who got busted 
with the pictures of Bart and Lisa from the Simpsons having sex deserved what 
was coming to him.
http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2008/12/19/OK_OK_now_online_child_abuse_laws_are_getting_scary

ie: New guide warns parents of bullying by mobile phone
PARENTS CAN help protect their children and teenagers from mobile phone-based 
bullying, according to a new guide produced by the Irish Cellular Industry 
Association (ICIA).
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1217/1229035813621_pf.html

Web sites offer tools to combat cyberbullying [The Wall Street Journal]
Parents worried about cyberbullying and other harmful behavior among children 
online are getting new help from some of the sites most popular with young 
people.
http://www.baltimoresun.com/technology/bal-bully1222,0,6881159.story

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ONLINE TV & MUSIC
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UK anti-piracy plan to make ISPs liable for illegal downloads
A radical plan to tackle internet piracy, which would make broadband providers 
legally liable for music and films downloaded from unlicensed websites by their 
customers, is being considered by the government.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/21/piracy-isps-internet-music-industry

Australian copyright lawsuit against iiNet kicks off
A landmark court battle between iiNet and the Australian Federation Against 
Copyright Theft (AFACT) kicked off this week with the national internet service 
provider pledging to vigorously defend itself against claims that it authorised 
piracy among its users.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24822857-5013040,00.html

Warner Music Content Disappears From YouTube
Warner Music Group Corp.'s videos and songs began disappearing from the YouTube 
videosharing Web site early Saturday after talks to renegotiate a licensing 
deal stalled.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122980193788724073.html

Warner stops the music on YouTube
James Blunt, Madonna and Led Zeppelin are set to disappear from YouTube after 
their record company, Warner Music Group, fell out with the video-sharing site 
in a row over royalties.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/22/warner-music-youtube

Warner Music Removes Its Videos From YouTube as Licensing Talks Stall
It is about to become a little more difficult to watch music videos by Madonna, 
Metallica and Kid Rock.
http://nytimes.com/2008/12/22/business/media/22warner.html

Chris Anderson theory contradicted as study reveals 10m digital music tracks 
unsold
The internet was supposed to bring vast choice for customers, access to obscure 
and forgotten products - and a fortune for sellers who focused on niche markets.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article5380304.ece

RIAA Confirms It Will Take Piracy Fight to ISPs
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Friday confirmed that 
it will abandon its practice of suing individuals for online piracy in favor of 
working with Internet service providers to track down offenders.
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2337294,00.asp

RIAA shifts gears on music piracy, says it won't file more suits
In a surprise about-face, the Recording Industry Association of America said 
today that it will no longer pursue its controversial legal strategy of filing 
large numbers of lawsuits against individuals for alleged music piracy.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9124097
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/121908-riaa-shifts-gears-on-music.html

Target of RIAA lawsuit says music piracy case has been an ordeal
To hear Joel Tenenbaum's version of the story, at least, it isn't hard to see 
why the Recording Industry Association of America's campaign against music 
piracy has earned the RIAA so many enemies — perhaps contributing to the trade 
group's decision this week to stop filing lawsuits against people like 
Tenenbaum.
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9124118

RIAA drops lawsuits; ISPs to battle file sharing
The music industry's highly controversial strategy of suing customers for file 
sharing has mostly ended.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10126914-93.html

Lawsuits or not, the RIAA still doesn't understand us
Today is an important day for file sharers: the RIAA has abandoned its mass 
lawsuit policy. In fact, the organization claims it will stop suing individuals 
who pirate music (except for the most egregious offenders) and instead, lean on 
ISPs to battle piracy.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13506_3-10127017-17.html

Music Industry Drops Effort to Sue Song Swappers [AP]
The group representing the U.S. recording industry said Friday it has abandoned 
its policy of suing people for sharing songs protected by copyright and will 
work with Internet service providers to cut abusers' access if they ignore 
repeated warnings.
http://nytimes.com/aponline/2008/12/19/technology/AP-Music-Downloading-Lawsuits.html

RIAA's New Piracy Plan Poses a New Set of Problems
The Recording Industry Association of America is taking a dangerous step with 
its decision to stop suing suspected music sharers and start cutting off their 
Internet access instead. While the discontinuation of the lawsuit practice has 
its merits, the move opens up a whole new can of worms -- one that could have 
serious implications for our future rights as consumers of information.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/155820/.html

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MOBILE/WIRELESS
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China says $41 billion to be spent on 3G
Chinese telecom operators will spend about $41 billion on next generation (3G) 
mobile networks over the next two years, the government said on Friday.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUKTRE4BI1E120081219

ACMA considers amending the rules for managing VoIP numbers [news release]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has released a public 
discussion paper seeking comment on proposals to amend its numbering plan to 
help better manage phone numbers used by services based on Voice over Internet 
Protocol (VoIP).
http://www.acma.gov.au/WEB/STANDARD/pc=PC_311581

ACMA moots tightening the rules covering VoIP phone numbers
If you live out the back of Wup-Wup and want a CBD phone number that's no 
problem with today's VoIP services but the ACMA says that geographic phone 
numbers should reflect the location of the service to which they relate. It's 
also unhappy with a number of other aspects of telephone numbering for VoIP 
services and is canvassing changing the rules.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22415/127/

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SPAM
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Kiwis nail a Mr Big of the spam world
A New Zealand man living in Australia has agreed to pay fines totalling $92,715 
after admitting his role in an international spam email operation said to be 
responsible for sending out billions of unsolicited emails in recent years.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/22/1229794316883.html
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/12/22/1229794316883.html

Kiwi spammer gets hefty fine [NZPA]
A Queensland-based New Zealander will be nearly $110,000 out of pocket after 
admitting his part in an international spam email operation.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/4800893a28.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/connect/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501833&objectid=10549401

$100k penalty for Kiwi spammer
One of three New Zealand citizens has admitted his part in an international 
spamming operation and will pay a penalty of $100,000 plus costs of $7,666.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/scrt/51E464D9C8D31326CC257527002029BD

Sunshine Coast-based New Zealand spammer fined $92,000
A NEW Zealander based in Queensland has been fined $NZ110,000 ($A92,715) in 
Christchurch for his part in an international spam e-mail operation.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,24835398-3102,00.html

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ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL
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Chinese court fines Web user in 'cyber-violence' case
In the first case involving cyberviolence and a "human flesh search engine" in 
China, a court has fined a Web site and an Internet user for posting personal 
and intimate details about an unfaithful husband, his mistress and a spurned 
wife who committed suicide.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/12/19/asia/china.php

uk: In the clutches of a cyberstalker
The ‘gentle soul’ Jemma Rayner met through internet dating soon started 
menacing her with e-mails and calls. Days after his conviction, she reveals her 
chilling struggle to shake him off
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/relationships/article5374418.ece

CheckFree.com Hijack May Have Affected 160,000 Users
Online bill pay giant CheckFree.com said the hijacking of its Web site this 
month affected an estimated 160,000 people, a disclosure that offers the most 
detailed account yet of the true size and scope of a brazen type of attack that 
experts say may become more common in 2009.
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2008/12/checkfreecom_hijack_may_have_a.html

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Japanese protest against Google Street View [AFP]
A group of Japanese journalists, professors and lawyers demanded Friday that 
the US Internet search giant Google scrap its "Street View" service in Japan, 
saying it violates people's privacy.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/12/21/1229794224275.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/21/1229794224275.html

Phorm is out to alter world of online advertising
In its short life, Phorm has managed to create more controversy than should be 
possible for a company worth £40 million. Kent Ertugul, its founder, modestly 
promises to revolutionise online advertising through software that monitors 
where people surf.
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article5367153.ece

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CENSORSHIP
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The Australian great porn war
Government plans to introduce mandatory internet filtering have enraged - and 
mobilised - the blogosphere, and no one knows where it will end, reports Nigel 
Bowen.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/12/18/1229189814605.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/18/1229189814605.html

Aussie System Admin Guild says NO to net filtering
The System Administrators Guild of Australia (SAGE-AU) has sent an open letter 
to Australia’s Minister for Communications, stating that it is “unable to 
support the Federal Government’s proposed Internet filtering initiative”, 
explaining the reasons why and outlining its “significant concerns”.
http://www.itwire.com/content/view/22408/127/

Conroy expands ISP filter tests to examine P2P and BitTorrent traffic
Broadband Minister Stephen Conroy has broken his silence on the controversial 
ISP content filter trials to start before the end of the year, saying they will 
now cover new filter technologies that can examine peer-to-peer and BitTorrent 
traffic.
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=91593

Telstra leads the charge against Oz government's plans to censor the Internet
Telstra, Australia's incumbent telco and the country's biggest ISP says it will 
not participate in the Labour government's contentious scheme to trial a series 
of filtering systems that will sieve all Internet traffic and block access to 
sites the administration deems to be "inappropriate".
http://web20.telecomtv.com/pages/?newsid=44287&id=e9381817-0593-417a-8639-c4c53e2a2a10&view=news

Sting in the Scorpions tale is the exposure of Wiki's weakness by Seth 
Finkelstein
The Internet Watch Foundation's considering an image on Wikipedia - the cover 
of the heavy metal band Scorpions' album Virgin Killer - to be a "potentially 
illegal indecent image of a child" set off a chain of events which created a 
media firestorm. The ham-fisted, over-broad, secretive aspects of the IWF 
blacklisting action, as well as the freedom of expression and censorware 
questions, have been widely examined and condemned, so I won't belabour those 
points.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/18/wikipedia-jimmy-wales

China unblocks access to New York Times Web site
The Chinese government unblocked the Web site of The New York Times on Monday, 
allowing Internet users in mainland China to view the site after access had 
been stopped for more than three days.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/technology/22webchina.php

China Blocks Access to New York Times’s Web Site
Chinese authorities have begun blocking access from mainland China to the Web 
site of The New York Times even while lifting some of the restrictions they had 
recently imposed on the Web sites of other media outlets.
http://nytimes.com/2008/12/20/world/asia/20china.html
http://iht.com/articles/2008/12/20/technology/times.php

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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us: Bush E-Mails May Be Secret a Bit Longer
The required transfer in four weeks of all of the Bush White House's electronic 
mail messages and documents to the National Archives has been imperiled by a 
combination of technical glitches, lawsuits and lagging computer forensic work, 
according to government officials, historians and lawyers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/20/AR2008122002102.html

Kurth rises as opponent to Reding
The incoming chairman of the European Union's top advisory panel on 
telecommunications, Matthias Kurth, said EU regulators broadly opposed a plan 
before European lawmakers to give Brussels veto power over prices and rules 
within national markets.
http://iht.com/articles/2008/12/22/technology/kurth.php

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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iGod: Could Apple survive without Steve Jobs?
He shaped the company in his own image, turning it into the world's most 
influential consumer brand. But now rumours of ill-health and uncertainty over 
the succession have sent Apple's stock tumbling.
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/features/igod-could-apple-survive-without-steve-jobs-1202195.html
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10548918

Apple founder's withdrawal from key trade show stokes health fears
For a dozen years it has been the launchpad for some of the most high-profile 
new technologies in the world - including the first glimpses of the iMac and 
the iPhone. But Apple has shocked the hi-tech industry with the news that its 
chief executive, Steve Jobs, will no longer be making his keynote annual 
address to the industry at the Macworld Expo in San Francisco.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/dec/18/apple-steve-jobs-expo-health

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TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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Missed opportunities in Australia's copper evolution by Kenneth Davidson
Telstra is the ideal choice to deliver our high-speed broadband network: THE 
telecommunications chickens are coming home to roost in a way that spells bad 
news for the Federal Government unless it can show some understanding of how 
the fixed network was built and how it should be developed.
http://business.theage.com.au/business/missed-opportunities-in-coppers-evolution-20081221-731t.html

Telstra NBN compo could hit $80bn
The Government could face a compensation claim of more than $80 billion if 
Telstra is forced to provide access to its infrastrure.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24822692-15306,00.html

au: Government could face massive broadband compo claim
The federal government could face a compensation claim of more than $80 billion 
if Telstra is forced to provide the company that builds the national broadband 
network access to its existing infrastructure.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2008/12/18/1229189787944.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/12/18/1229189787944.html

au: Huawei calls espionage claims 'ludicrous'
Networking vendor denies that it has links to the China's government that could 
cause security problems for Australia's future National Broadband Network.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Huawei-denies-ludicrous-espionage-claims/0,130061791,339293911,00.htm
http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10126078-83.html

nz: Challenges abound for fibre
A Fibre to the home rollout in New Zealand will be beset with challenges that 
cast doubt on the viability of some of the proposals, an InternetNZ report 
released this week shows.
http://www.businessday.co.nz/industries/telco_it/4798249

Challenges abound for NZ fibre rollout
A Fibre to the home rollout in New Zealand will be beset with challenges that 
cast doubt on the viability of some of the proposals, an InternetNZ report 
released this week shows.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/netw/86F0A6BC9DAEBF9ACC25752300699C1F

Pipe patches up financing for Pacific submarine cable
A group of large Australian telco service users have reached an agreement to 
rescue Pipe Network's $200 million Sydney to Guam cable project.
http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,24823349-15306,00.html

Pipe's submarine cable to proceed
Pipe Networks' undersea fibre-optic cable network linking Australia to Guam and 
international internet backbones will go ahead, the company announced this 
morning.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Pipe-s-submarine-cable-to-proceed/0,130061791,339293923,00.htm

U.S. should spend $44 billion on broadband [IDG]
The U.S. government should spend $44 billion to improve its broadband 
infrastructure and extend broadband to rural and other underserved areas, a 
media reform advocacy group recommended Wednesday.
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/12/18/US_should_spend_44_billion_on_broadband_1.html

Swedish Regulator Wants to Unbundle Fiber Access [IDG]
Swedish incumbent TeliaSonera will have to open up its fiber network to 
competitors, according to a new proposal from local telecommunications 
regulator PTS (Post och Telestyrelsen).
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/155674/.html

NZ internet group suggests utility expansion for broadband [sub req'd]
New Zealand internet advocacy group InternetNZ has published a report that 
proposes utility expansion to improve New Zealand's broadband infrastructure.
http://www.telecompaper.com/news/article.aspx?cid=650906

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Former teacher Edward Graham Dunn jailed over child porn [AAP]
A FORMER primary school teacher has been jailed for more than three years for 
possessing pornographic images of children, some as young as three months old.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24819915-5005961,00.html


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