Want cheap broadband? Move to Iran. An evaluation of 3351 individual broadband plans in 196 countries has found that Iran offers the cheapest plan, with an average cost of US$5.37 per month. Burkina Faso was the most expensive with an average of US$954.54.

Outsourcing data storage has come back to bite the Department of Social Services, with the personal details of 8500 current and former employees being available on the Web between June 2016 and October 2017.

The National Retail Association is playing down the impact that Amazon will have on the Australian retail sector, even as the US giant prepares to launch full-scale operations locally.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) and TasNetworks will explore a more detailed feasibility and business case for a second Bass Strait interconnector connecting grids.

Telstra is gradually closing in on the halfway mark in its rollout of 577 new base stations to eradicate mobile black spots across regional Australia, as it announces the commissioning of its 250th base station.

In part two of our “NBN -it’s not all bad news” series we find that the sweet honey syrup of an experience with switching to a new NBN HFC connection has developed a few slightly sour spots in the area of performance.

Charges have been announced against an Iranian named Behzad Mesri over the hacking of HBO back in August and an attempt to extort the company to the tune of US$6 million.

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