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| Whirlpool | Whirlpool.net.au is a fully independent community website devoted to keeping the public informed about the state of broadband in Australia. Since its inception in 1998, it has become a premier destination for broadband Internet subscribers. As well as its rich source of broadband news and information, Whirlpool boasts one of Australia's largest technology-related online communities. | http://www.whirlpool.net.au/ |
| Budde Comm | provide a first port-of-call service for high-level industry and market facts and statistics – and we carefully monitor all the technological developments that occur in the industry. The information available on the BuddeComm database is unrivalled anywhere in the world. | http://www.budde.com.au/ |
| TOTAL | TOTEL partners with leading telecommunications research company, BuddeComm | http://www.totel.com.au/ |
| CommunIT | Nonprofit Information Technology Resource Center | http://www.communit.info |
| Commsday | CommsDay Australia is Australia's daily telecom bible, read by around 5,000 leading Australian and New Zealand telecom executives and a who's who of the industry. | http://www.commsday.com.au |
| Telecommunications Standard Portal | Welcome to the Telecommunications Standards Portal—an Australian web portal for international telecommunications standards information. | http://www.tsp.standards.org.au/ |
| CHOICE | A consumer information service | http://www.choice.com.au |
| Information | Comment | URL |
| Ozcableguy | an effort to give readers simple instruction and informed choices of available products and the sourcing of suitably qualified service providers in the IT community. | http://www.ozcableguy.com/ |
| Modem Help | Help on dialup, ISDN, Outlook and more | http://www.modemhelp.net/ |
| Modem Help | Help on dialup, ISDN, Outlook and more | http://www.modemhelp.org/ |
| What is my IP | whatismyip.com is the easiest way to determine your IP address. | http://whatismyip.com/ |
| DNS Stuff | DNS tools, reports and Hosting tests, advanced network and domain name tools. | http://www.dnsstuff.com/ |
| Mark Monitor | whois domain name search & lookup | http://www.dnsstuff.com/ |
| Network Tools | Traceroute, Ping, Domain Name Server (DNS) Lookup, WHOIS, and DNS Records Lookup | http://network-tools.com/ |
| Speedtest | Check the speed of your internet service from anywhere in the world. | http://www.speedtest.net/index.php |
| Associations | | |
| The Australian Telecommunications Users Group | ATUG is a not-for-profit membership-based organisation of Australian telecommunications users and has been working for better choice, value and services in the sector since 1981. | http://www.atug.com.au/ |
| Telecommunications Society of Australia | To provide a framework for the promotion of excellence in telecommunications, and to assist in the advancement of our members' knowledge and understanding of the issues, developments and new directions in the industry. | http://www.tsa.org.au |
| Australia Mobile Telecommunications Association | the peak industry body representing Australia’s mobile telecommunications industry. Its mission is “To promote an environmentally, socially and economically responsible and successful mobile telecommunications industry in Australia”. | http://www.amta.org.au |
| MobiForum | MobiForum is an information hub focusing on wireless and mobile applications and services, whilst at the same time accumulating m-Business research and market trends. | http://www.mobiforum.org/ |
| CDMA Development Group | an international consortium of companies who have joined together to lead the adoption and evolution of 3G CDMA wireless systems around the world. | http://www.cdg.org/ |
| Communication Alliance | Communications Alliance was formed to provide a unified voice for the Australian communications industry and to lead it into the next generation of converging networks, technologies and services. | http://www.acif.org.au/ |
| Australian Communication Exchange | empowering those who are Deaf or have a hearing, speech or communication impairment, to obtain access to the telephone and other telecommunication networks. | http://www.aceinfo.net.au/ |
| Small enterprise telecommncations centre limited | SETEL's role is to advance the interests of small, micro and home business as consumers of telecommunications services with industry, government and regulators. We seek to raise levels of awareness of telecommunications issues, products and services and assist small businesses to make informed decisions as consumers in the telecommunications market. | http://www.setel.com.au/ |
| Consumers Telecommunications Network | represents the interests of residential consumers in Australian telecommunications. CTN is a national coalition of consumer and community organisations as well as individuals that represent community interests in the national policy arena on telecommunications issues. | http://www.ctn.org.au/ |
| Communications Law Centre | an independent, non-profit, public interest organisation specialising in media, communications and online law and policy. | http://www.comslaw.org.au/ |
| Government | | |
| Australia Communications and Media Authority | The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is a statutory authority within the federal government portfolio of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts. | http://www.acma.gov.au |
| Australia Competition and Consumer Commission | The ACCC promotes competition and fair trade in the market place to benefit consumers, business and the community. | http://www.accc.gov.au |
| Regional Telecommunications Inquiry | Telecommunications Service Inquiry (TSI) was established to assess and make a certification on the adequacy of telecommunications services in Australia. The TSI report and the Government's response to the TSI can be accessed here. | http://www.telinquiry.gov.au/ |
| Department of Communications, IT and the Arts | Working toward a better future for all Australians and developing a world-class Australian communications and information technology sector and excellence in culture and sport. | http://www.dcita.gov.au/ |
| Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman | The Telecommunications Industry Ombudsman is a free and independent alternative dispute resolution scheme for small business and residential consumers in Australia who have a complaint about their telephone or Internet service. | http://www.tio.com.au |
