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At CASE we will do whatever we can to ensure members get the best service possible for the best value. So when it comes to small network cabling jobs we simply do it ourselves to save members the mark up associated with smaller jobs. If a job is too big for our team we will be happy to arrange a friendly cabler and supervise the work on behalf of members.

Darrell the cable rat

CASE staff are certified by the Australian Communications and Media Authority to install your network cabling and provide documentation to ensure your project is compliant with standards.

Ian the cable rat

So next time you hear something rattling around in your roof, it just might be one of our cable rats.

The Sydney Morning Herald is reporting to day that Telstra and OPEL have failed to secure a contract to roll out a national fibre network in Australia. This is potentially good news. The same political logic that says private business is the best and most effective choice for a service provider also says that there’s no way any business can provide broadband to the bush without losses. It makes no business sense to roll fibre out to rural areas. In Australia at least, the Internet should be seen more like a utility alongside water and power. Given our vast geographic arrangement, only the government has the capacity to provide this for our entire population. But have they got the tech smarts to pull it off?

In a shock decision this morning, the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, announced that none of five bidders including Optus and Melbourne group Acacia for a national network were up to scratch.Under the new plans, the funding for the network offering speeds of up to 100 megabits per second will be provided by a national broadband network corporation in which the Government will be the majority shareholder.

$15b national broadband network (NBN) on way

If you’re running Joomla on any of your websites be aware that there is a major security update available. This update will protect your site from a range of exploits discovered in the current verson of Joomla. From the security mailing list:

[20090302] – Core – com_content XSS
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 10:08 AM PDT
Project: Joomla!
SubProject: com_content
Severity: Low
Versions: 1.5.9 and all previous 1.5 releases
Exploit type: XSS
Reported Date: 2009-March-12
Fixed Date: 2009-March-27
Description

A XSS vulnerability exists in the category view of com_content.

Affected Installs:

All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.9 are affected.

Solution:

Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.10 or newer).

[20090301] – Core – Multiple XSS/CSRF
Posted: 25 Mar 2009 10:02 AM PDT
Project: Joomla!
SubProject: Multiple
Severity: Moderate
Versions: 1.5.9 and all previous 1.5 releases
Exploit type: XSS and CSRV
Reported Date: 2009-February-15
Fixed Date: 2009-March-27
Description:

A series of XSS and CSRF faults exist in the administrator application.  Affected administrator components include com_admin, com_media, com_search.  Both com_admin and com_search contain XSS vulnerabilities, and com_media contains 2 CSRF vulnerabilities.

Affected Installs:

All 1.5.x installs prior to and including 1.5.9 are affected.  The com_search XSS vulnerability requires that “Gather Search Statistics” be enabled to be exploitable (Disabled by default).

Solution:

Upgrade to latest Joomla! version (1.5.10 or newer).