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		<title>Telstra backs the NBN, but the devil&#8217;s in the detail</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/23/telstra-backs-the-nbn-but-the-devils-in-the-detail/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/23/telstra-backs-the-nbn-but-the-devils-in-the-detail/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 03:02:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[NBN Co.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telstra today signed the Definitive Agreements with NBN Co and the government covering its participation in the rollout of the National Broadband Network. It's a complex deal, with the details of key documents still hidden thanks to confidentiality.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Telstra deal puts more momentum behind the NBN</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/10/telstra-deal-puts-more-momentum-behind-the-nbn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/02/10/telstra-deal-puts-more-momentum-behind-the-nbn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 02:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[structural separation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=202511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Telstra-NBN deal announced this morning puts more weight behind the broadband network, leaving the Coalition ever further behind.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>At last, the NBN Business Plan</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/at-last-the-nbn-business-plan-and-its-um-just-a-business-plan/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/at-last-the-nbn-business-plan-and-its-um-just-a-business-plan/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 02:47:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=194019</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government has finally released the NBN Corporate Plan that caused so much fuss while Parliament was sitting. It unveils a 7% rate of return and lower-than-expected wholesale prices as part of a set of conservative projections over the next 30 years.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/12/20/at-last-the-nbn-business-plan-and-its-um-just-a-business-plan/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Essential: Broadband support strengthens, Labor wedged on gays</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/essential-broadband-support-strengthens-labor-wedged-on-gays/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/essential-broadband-support-strengthens-labor-wedged-on-gays/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 02:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essential Report]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[same sex marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=189287</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australians think the NBN is important and will benefit the economy, businesses, themselves and their kids, the latest Essential Report reveals. And on gay marriage, Labor finds itself caught between the two sides.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/29/essential-broadband-support-strengthens-labor-wedged-on-gays/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>NBN Co business case &#8212; truly a curiously inadequate document</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/nbn-co-business-case-truly-a-curiously-inadequate-document/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/nbn-co-business-case-truly-a-curiously-inadequate-document/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:13:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=188448</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["It is a curiously inadequate document," wrote Malcolm Turnbull of the NBN Co Business Case Summary. He’s right. A business case that doesn’t, y’know, present a case for the business, supported by proper numbers? WTF?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/11/25/nbn-co-business-case-truly-a-curiously-inadequate-document/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>If the Liberals oppose the NBN, they have to back splitting Telstra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/if-the-liberals-oppose-the-nbn-they-have-to-back-splitting-telstra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/if-the-liberals-oppose-the-nbn-they-have-to-back-splitting-telstra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 02:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nick Minchin]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179814</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If the Liberals are serious about an alternative approach to NBN, they have to start with the vertical separation of Telstra, write <b>Bernard Keane</b> and <b>Glenn Dyer</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/25/if-the-liberals-oppose-the-nbn-they-have-to-back-splitting-telstra/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Conroy comes knocking</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/22/conroy-comes-knocking-wiring-up-the-myths-in-the-nbn-war/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/22/conroy-comes-knocking-wiring-up-the-myths-in-the-nbn-war/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 02:14:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=180155</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Watch out - Conroy's about! He'll make you use the NBN and he'll charge you thousands for the privilege. At least, that's what some in the media want you to think.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>118</slash:comments>
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		<title>Graeme Samuel&#8217;s NBN slug</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/bartholomeusz-graeme-samuels-nbn-slug/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/bartholomeusz-graeme-samuels-nbn-slug/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Oct 2010 02:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Bartholomeusz</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=179944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As if Telstra didn’t have enough to deal with, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has raised the prospect it will do an about-face on its attitude to Telstra’s wholesale ADSL access regime.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/10/21/bartholomeusz-graeme-samuels-nbn-slug/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Admit it: people don&#8217;t get the NBN</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/lets-admit-it-people-actually-dont-get-the-nbn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/lets-admit-it-people-actually-dont-get-the-nbn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 03:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ADSL]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=174154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The NBN debate is becoming increasingly sterile as critics and supporters alike stick to their guns. Another study isn't going to help.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/24/lets-admit-it-people-actually-dont-get-the-nbn/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>82</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parliament hangs on a broadband fibre</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/parliament-hangs-on-a-broadband-fibre/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/parliament-hangs-on-a-broadband-fibre/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Aug 2010 03:32:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bob Katter]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[broadband policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=166874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Who ends up governing Australia will depend on how three, maybe four independent MPs and The Greens view broadband. Early indications are that the independents will favour Labor’s publicly-funded, publicly-owned National Broadband Network.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/23/parliament-hangs-on-a-broadband-fibre/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>MacCallum: It&#8217;s about the broadband, stupid</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/broadband-network-the-one-big-issue-in-a-desultory-campaign-20100819-12rzj.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/broadband-network-the-one-big-issue-in-a-desultory-campaign-20100819-12rzj.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Aug 2010 22:18:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=166159</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Buried beneath the mirrored policies, limp leadership and so-what? stump speeches, one issue has actually provided a legitimate point of difference between the two parties: the awoken beast of broadband, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Net nerds declare Abbott a knuckle head</title>
		<link>http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/cyber-spheres-verdict-abbottcom-clueless-20100812-120g1.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/cyber-spheres-verdict-abbottcom-clueless-20100812-120g1.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/12/net-nerds-declare-abbott-a-knuckle-head/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the wake of Tony Abbott again declaring that he is "not a tech head," a growing community of internet experts are savaging Abbott and arguing the Coalition's broadband policy should be sent on a one-way trip to the recycle bin. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The broadband battle: what will they really deliver?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/11/the-broadband-battle-what-will-they-really-deliver/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/11/the-broadband-battle-what-will-they-really-deliver/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stilgherrian</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163533</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The political message of the Coalition’s broadband policy is that they can deliver the same outcome as Labor sooner, for less cost and with less risk. But while both Labor and the Coalition promise the same speeds, they’re otherwise wildly different propositions.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/11/the-broadband-battle-what-will-they-really-deliver/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>126</slash:comments>
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		<title>At last, the Coalition broadband policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/10/opel-goes-to-the-outer-suburbs-at-last-the-coalition-broadband-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/10/opel-goes-to-the-outer-suburbs-at-last-the-coalition-broadband-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 03:29:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bernard Keane on the Federal Election 2010]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Finally, we have the Coalition broadband plan. It's confusing, pitched at outer-suburban electorates and it won't deliver anything like the NBN.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/10/opel-goes-to-the-outer-suburbs-at-last-the-coalition-broadband-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>102</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull is not connecting with broadband realities</title>
		<link>http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/356221/opinion_mr_turnbull_need_do_numbers/?fp=4&#038;fpid=78268965</link>
		<comments>http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/356221/opinion_mr_turnbull_need_do_numbers/?fp=4&#038;fpid=78268965#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Aug 2010 23:02:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=163028</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull's recent claim that Australians don't want Labor's proposed 100Mbps broadband connection is a load of hogwash. ABS stats clearly reveal Aussie households and businesses continue to crave faster speeds and more data, says <b>Trevor Clarke</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/356221/opinion_mr_turnbull_need_do_numbers/?fp=4&#038;fpid=78268965/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Online students download poorer test results</title>
		<link>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7844273/Home-computers-harm-childrens-test-results.html</link>
		<comments>http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7844273/Home-computers-harm-childrens-test-results.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jun 2010 02:58:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/06/22/online-students-download-poorer-test-results/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New research claims children who use computers with high-speed broadband connections may suffer academically as a result. Are parents trying to get little Tommy a quick net connection inadvertently scoring an F for responsibility?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia online: stuck in 2005</title>
		<link>http://mumbrella.com.au/aussie-digital-was-a-world-leader-now-its-five-years-behind-24842#more-24842</link>
		<comments>http://mumbrella.com.au/aussie-digital-was-a-world-leader-now-its-five-years-behind-24842#more-24842#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 06:03:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=137148</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ten years ago Australia was a world leader of digital space. Fast forward to now and we're stuck five years behind the rest of the world, thanks to expensive and slow broadband.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gorillas in the midst of broadband battle</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/crikey-says-gorillas-in-the-midst-of-broadband-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/crikey-says-gorillas-in-the-midst-of-broadband-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:22:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=120355</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are few more absorbing sights than watching two big gorillas going head-to-head in a battle of wits and strength.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/03/crikey-says-gorillas-in-the-midst-of-broadband-battle/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Australia&#8217;s internet: not neutral, not cheap, not very good</title>
		<link>http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2010/02/australias-internet-non-neutral-and-proud-of-it.ars</link>
		<comments>http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2010/02/australias-internet-non-neutral-and-proud-of-it.ars#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 05:32:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iinet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[net neutrality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=116026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Net neutrality" is a hot issue in the States, where folks don't want their access to online content limited or influenced by ISPs. But Aussies needn't worry their pretty little heads about it: our internet hasn't been neutral for years.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Stephen Conroy: Dear Crikey, here&#8217;s why you&#8217;re wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/stephen-conroy-dear-crikey-heres-why-youre-wrong/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/stephen-conroy-dear-crikey-heres-why-youre-wrong/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 02:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Great Firewall of Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet filters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Conroy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=107979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It's fighting words from <b>Senator Stephen Conroy</b> as he rebuts the "disingenuous" coverage of his Great Firewall of Australia. You can't access RC-rated content in newsagencies, libraries, DVDs, cinemas or on TV, so why should it be allowed on the internet? asks <b>Conroy</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/23/stephen-conroy-dear-crikey-heres-why-youre-wrong/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>128</slash:comments>
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		<title>Who is getting faster, cheaper internet than you?</title>
		<link>http://www.billshrink.com/blog/internet-penetration-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.billshrink.com/blog/internet-penetration-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband speeds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graph pr0n]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the Internet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=90726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the Japanese for a start, who get an average connection speed of 61mbps (versus our 1.7mbps) at a fraction of the price. This great infographic compares broadband speed, price and penetration around the world. See how behind we really are. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.billshrink.com/blog/internet-penetration-costs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Country voters miss out on blogging PM</title>
		<link>http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com/2009/08/whatever-happened-to-our-blogging-pm.html</link>
		<comments>http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com/2009/08/whatever-happened-to-our-blogging-pm.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 23:09:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liveblog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[regional australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=81394</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PM Kevin Rudd may be in a tweeting and live-blogging frenzy, but it's alienating regional voters who don't have access to the fast speed internet required to interact, writes <em>North Coast Voices</em>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://northcoastvoices.blogspot.com/2009/08/whatever-happened-to-our-blogging-pm.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Will East Africa become the new India?</title>
		<link>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/090807/tanzania-gets-broadband?page=0,1</link>
		<comments>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/090807/tanzania-gets-broadband?page=0,1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 02:46:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Tech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[India]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outsourcing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tanzania]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=80455</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You know internet use is rocky when pirate attacks and damaged sea cables can stop connections and only 5 in every 100 people use the internet. But with the arrival of broadband to Tanzania, there is talk of East Africa becoming the new outsourcing hot spot.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/090807/tanzania-gets-broadband?page=0,1/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Telstra set to embrace National Broadband</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/telstra-set-to-embrace-national-broadband/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/telstra-set-to-embrace-national-broadband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Glenn Dyer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Optus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Telstra]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/telstra-set-to-embrace-national-broadband/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The possible addition of Telstra means the dominoes are falling into place for the Federal Government's National Broadband Network.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/07/telstra-set-to-embrace-national-broadband/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Alston&#8217;s cold, dead hand still controls broadband</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/alstons-cold-dead-hand-still-controls-broadband/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/alstons-cold-dead-hand-still-controls-broadband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 03:33:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[digital TV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Industry Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Broadband Network]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Alston]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=60903</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Broadband Network should be the solution to Australia's commerical television woes. It isn't.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/25/alstons-cold-dead-hand-still-controls-broadband/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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