Australian Broadband Deals

Optus reduces wireless quotas

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:16:00 +0000

The nation’s number two telco Optus today said it would reduce its prepaid wireless broadband quotas as of 24 November, saying the former quotas were only an initial offer.

Shares jump on rate cut

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:00:00 +0000

THE Australian stock market has rebounded to close almost two per cent higher after the Reserve Bank slashed the cash rate 100 basis points to six per cent.

Westpac delivers homes relief

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 08:16:00 +0000

WESTPAC says it will cut its standard variable home loan rate by 80 basis points, becoming the first of the big banks to pass on relief today from the Reserve Bank.

Deliver cuts, Rudd tells banks

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:53:00 +0000

PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd has welcomed the Reserve Bank’s one per cent interest rate cut and called on banks to pass on as much as possible to borrowers.

Competition: Name Telstra’s Hawaii cable

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:49:00 +0000

Telstra today launched a competition to name its new 9,000km undersea fibre-optic communications cable running to Hawaii.

IBM Bluehouse arrives in beta

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 06:20:00 +0000

IBM has unveiled new cloud computing applications, including Bluehouse that will deliver web-based social networking and collaboration tools.

Tassie opposition slams broadband delays

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 05:19:00 +0000

Tasmanian Liberal Senator Guy Barnett has slammed both the Tasmanian Premier and the Federal Government for not resolving the problem of poor broadband coverage in the state.

Rates cut by 1 per cent

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:37:00 +0000

THE Reserve Bank of Australia has cut interest rates by a full percentage point to 6 per cent.

Shock, awe as rates slashed

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:37:00 +0000

THE Reserve Bank has slashed official interest rates by a full percentage point - challenging home-loan lenders with the biggest cut in 15 years.

Telstra hoses down 21 Mbps downlink claims

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 03:46:10 +0000

Telstra claims that its Next G users will experience peak downlink speeds of 21 Mbps by year end –- but ‘actual customer download speeds will be less’.