After suggesting earlier this month that the NBN Co would make available the speeds possible on a customer's connection, the company's chief executive Bill Morrow has again turned coy, telling a government committee that it was not the task of his company to act as the police.

Elements within the US Government are pushing to turn the Internet into a two-lane highway - a fast lane for the rich and a slow lane for the poor. US Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai has unveiled a plan to push for the complete repeal of the net neutrality regulations which were put in place by the Obama administration.

As Australians struggle to understand why they often get much slower broadband speeds than advertised, the UK has taken a step to ensure that such advertising is made more transparent.

Google has announced plans to block articles from Russian website Sputnik and the Russian television channel RT from appearing in its search results even as the search giant fights for net neutrality rules in the US not to be repealed. Moscow has accused Google of violating freedom of speech.

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.

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