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Report confirms new technology will drive agriculture’s fertile future
The future of agricultural technologies report released today provides further support for the Australian Government’s National Agricultural Innovation Agenda. Australian agriculture is already world-renowned for its efficiency, productivity improvement and adaption to external challenges. The uptake of new and emerging technologies is critical to the growth and resilience of the agriculture sector. The Australian Government …
NBN Co to provide “instant online quotes” for Technology Choice upgrades – Telco/ISP
NBN Co is set to make major changes to its user-pays upgrade scheme, removing application fees and providing “instant online quotes”. The network builder’s new corporate plan reveals that the Technology Choice program is set to be revamped, now that the government will pay for many fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) to full fibre upgrades – one of …
NBN kills ‘Netflix tax’ idea and unveils basic unlimited plan | Technology
NBN Co has shot down an idea for a “Netflix tax” for high-volume users of video streaming services, as the company also looks to target people holding out from moving on to the NBN because it is too expensive. In a proposal put to internet service providers earlier this year, NBN suggested breaking out how …
Slow NBN speeds: modems partly to blame for poor performance | Technology
Poor NBN speeds are often blamed on the government’s decision to scale back the fibre-to-the-premises roll out and switch to the cheaper fibre-to-the-node, but a study commissioned by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) proves part of the problem can lie closer to home. Acma commissioned testing lab Enex to test run 43 modems …
