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The City of Chattanooga in the US state of Tennessee stands as a beacon to regional centres around the world who hope for a better future for their communities through deployment if high-speed broadband. Chattanooga was the first city in the US to adopt fixed-line broadband at speeds of 1 gigabit per second across the …

Issue #66 of Geare magazine is out now and features a terrific article by Neerav Bhatt explaining Australia’s National Broadband Network, how it is being built and what it is trying to achieve. Neerav goes into detail about the fibre technology being used and the alternatives, the cost, and the implications for consumers. He stops …

Often when we think of the uses of high-speed broadband, we think of rich media, but all too often that thinking is constrained to simple video only. The Have a Holiday On Us campaign by Melbourne digital agency August uses a computer’s webcam and integrates head movement tracking software with high-quality video to simulate ‘looking …

It was way back in 1995 that the US start-up WebTV first began promoting its idea for a web-connected television experience. It probably wasn’t the first, and it certainly hasn’t been the last. But 15 years later, for most people their Internet and their TV set remain sadly isolated. There have been some attempts to …

A new report from the US Federal Communications Commission has shown that when it comes to the ongoing development of online service delivery it is important to remember that not everyone is so readily able to join in. The survey of 5005 Americans taken in late 2009 found that 78 percent of adults were Internet …

Last week saw the return of the annual Media 2010 conference in Sydney, hosted by XMediaLab and Fairfax. As in the past two years Media 2010 featured a variety of speakers from across the international media and advertising industries. Highlights amongst the presentations included the chief executive officer from Associated Northcliffe Digital (Daily Mail and …

If you wanted evidence of the rapid spread of the internet into the lives Australians, look no further than the figures recently released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Its report Household Use of Information Technology found that access to the internet at home between 1998 and 2008 increased by a factor of four from …

Last week the online video services company Viocorp hosted an interesting webcast debate about the future of television. Panellists including ABC managing director Mark Scott and Beyond CEO Mikael Borglund discussed topics including the impact of broadband delivery on existing broadcasters, content creation funding models and the impact of other media on the television consumption …