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ACA
|
Australian
Communications Authority
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ACCC
|
Australian
Competition and Consumer Commission
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ACIF
|
Australian
Communications Industry Forum
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ADSL
|
Asynchronous
Digital Subscriber Line
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AUSTEL
|
Australian
Telecommunications Authority
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BAG
|
Broadband
Advisory Group
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BARN
|
Building
Additional Rural Networks
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CAN
|
Customer
Access Network
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CBDs
|
Central
Business Districts
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CCIF
|
Coordinated
Communications Infrastructure Fund
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DCITA
|
Department
of Communication, Information Technology and the Arts
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DSL
|
Digital
Subscriber Line
|
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HFC
|
Hybrid
Fibre Coaxial Cable
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HiBIS
|
Higher
Bandwidth Incentive Scheme
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ISDN
|
Integrated
Services Digital Network
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ISPs
|
Internet
Service Providers
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Kbps
|
Kilobits
per second
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KHz
|
KiloHertz,
(analogue) thousands of cycles per second
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Mbps
|
Megabits
per second
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NBS
|
National
Broadband Strategy
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NBSIG
|
National
Broadband Strategy Implementation Group
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NCF
|
National
Communication Fund
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NECG
|
Network
Economics Consulting Group
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NOIE
|
National
Office for the Information Economy
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OECD
|
Organisation
for Economic Cooperation and Development
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PGS
|
Pair gain
system
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REF
|
Regulatory
Accounting Framework
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SME
|
Small to
Medium-sized Enterprises
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TA
|
Telecommunications
Act
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TA(1991)
|
Telecommunications Act 1991
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TEDICORE
|
Telecommunications
and Disability Consumer Representation
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TIO
|
Telecommunications
Industry Ombudsman
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TPA
|
Trade Practices Act 1974
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USO
|
Universal
Service Obligation
|