Get Your Gear Off

Naked DSL lets you enjoy broadband without paying Telstra for a phone line - but it's not for everyone, reports David Flynn.

Question Time

Q I recently connected my laptop wirelessly to the internet. My desktop is connected through a DSL cable. Since then, my downloading and uploading have increased greatly (9 GB in one week). The desktop doesn't show any "transit" under the activity window but the laptop under the same display shows an increasing number under "packets sent". Is my connection secure?

Home Phone 'relic Of Past'

THE traditional home phone could soon be a thing of the past, as internet providers across the country gear up to launch "naked DSL".

Web Browsing With No Strings Attached

A NUMBER of Australian broadband providers are gearing up to launch so-called naked DSL plans, which will allow customers to bypass costly line rental charges.

Spt Plugs Into Country And Eastern

SP TELEMEDIA will go ahead with plans to roll out a digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband network mainly for regional areas along the eastern seaboard.

Share Issue

If your idea of file-sharing is free access to anything, anytime, think again. Many consumers of broadband internet services such as cable and DSL have been "caught unawares by high bills for excess usage", says the Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman (TIO), resulting in an increase in c

Business Slow To Respond To Faster Speeds

Australia has seen an explosion in the number of DSL providers, but demand is weak, writes Adam Turner.

Searching For A Broadband Boost

DSL reliability has prompted head scratching, reports Nicole Manktelow.

Applications Must Drive Dsl Demand, Says Nec

Entertainment, not fast access, is cited as the way to attract more customers.

Dsl Retailers Claim To Have Right Model

As the giant North American telecoms pick over the carcasses of bankrupt Digital Subscriber Line retailers, Australia's recently cashed-up DSL pioneers say the shake-up is not likely to be repeated here.

Once Again Telstra Is Refusing To Share

The US has made up its mind on high-speed data delivery, but here it's another story. For several years analysts have debated whether cable or digitalised copper telephone lines (DSL) would emerge as the favoured access technology for high-speed data and interactive services. In the US it is now clear DSL is the winner.

Unwanted Intruders

Keep the hackers out of your computer. Jonah Lau shows you how. The good news: Cable and DSL services give you Internet access at a speed that leaves conventional dial-up connections eating digital dust, and these fast services let you stay online around the clock. But leaving your PC online

Carrier After $25m To Fund Network

Data carrier FlowCom plans to raise $25 million in a sharemarket float to finance the roll-out of its high-speed eastern seaboard network using DSL (digital subscriber line) technology. FlowCom, which started in 1998, plans to sell 50 million share at 50c each, representing about 25 per cent of

Posmedia Makes Waves With Video

POSmedia yesterday heralded a breakthrough in the provision of audio-visual communications, announcing it had delivered the first full-motion video over Australian telephone lines. The ground-breaking transmission could steal the jump on Telstra, whose DSL technology is promising similar-quality

Knock On The Phone

IN THE future, people won't make phone calls; they'll virtually fly to their friends' doors and knock to initiate a conversation. Finland's Helsinki Telecom is busily rolling out a symmetrical DSL network to all homes, spokesman Risto Linturi said at a forum on technology at Melbourne's Interac