Moving over to the NBN will soon (hopefully) be an easier and more transparent process, thanks to new rules for telecommunications companies released today by the ACMA.

The ACCC just issued two fines, totalling $25,200, to NBN provider MyRepublic for "alleged false or misleading representations about its NBN service performance".

Earlier this year, after a long and protracted legal battle, Valve began displaying a consumer rights notice on the front page of Steam. The notice started appearing in late April, and under the court's ruling, was supposed to be displayed to Australian users for a period of 12 months.

But when the Steam Summer Sales kicked off, that notice disappeared.

After an iOS update back in 2015, "Error 53" caused some Apple devices to freeze up. At least 275 Australian customers affected by the were told by Apple they couldn't get a refund if they used a third party to try and fix the problem. But that's not how Australian Consumer Law works.

When Valve was fined $3 million a couple of years ago, one of the court orders was that a notice was to be visible to all Australian users. And with the High Court rejecting Valve's appeal recently, that notice is now posted online and through the Steam client.

Valve's ongoing lawsuit with the ACCC is coming to an end, after the High Court of Australia dismissed the company's special leave application to appeal their $3 million fine.

If a game doesn't work as advertised, Australian consumer law offers gamers plenty of recourse when it comes to getting a refund. But if you pre-order a game and change your mind - say you need the money back, or you've had a change of heart - the consumer protections are very different.

The rollout of the NBN has been "interesting". While early adopters of the originally planned FttH service have been happy with fast speeds, others who have been on the receiving end of the multi-technology mix have been subject to poor speeds, loss of services and poor technical support.

This prompted the ACCC to take a more direct approach, launching a broadband speed testing program. The first results from that testing are in, suggesting the recent legal actions and public comments are making a difference to broadband performance.

Telstra has admitted to misleading customers, charging up to 100,000 people for signing up to ringtone, gaming, or other digital content subscriptions without payment details or identity verification taking place.

There's gonna be a whole lot of refunds going out for this.

The ACCC has announced that over 5000 customers with Commander, iPrimus and Dodo Internet will receive refunds after their NBN connections were unable to receive the advertised speeds.

Router and networking group Netgear will begin offering refunds and support to customers who were told from June 2016 that they were not entitled to remedies for faulty products, according to the Australian consumer watchdog.

One of the fun things about court cases is that everything has to be properly and tightly defined. And thanks to the ACCC's case against Valve, the law of the land has provided us with some cracking descriptions.

A couple of years ago, the Federal Court fined Valve $3 million for failing to offer Australian gamers refunds from 2011 to 2014. But the fight is ongoing - and it's set to continue in the High Court.

Last Friday the Full Court of the Federal Court of Australia dismissed an appeal by Valve against a ruling that it engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct - and made false or misleading representations about consumer guarantees.

Valve's appeal against a $3 million penalty was also dismissed.

Pride comes before the fall. MSY Technology -- "the name you can trust" in cheap computer parts -- now has a massive ACCC court notice plastered on its website right underneath its logo, a week after it was fined $750,000 for misleading and deceptive conduct towards customers.

Cut-rate computer parts retailer MSY has been slapped with a $750,000 fine from the Federal Court for misleading customers on their rights around warranties. What's worse than a $750,000 fine? The fact that this isn't even the first time this has happened.

Unsuspecting Aussies have lost almost $28,000 in the last year to scammers pretending to be from NBN, with over 300 reports made to Scamwatch. Here's how they are catching people out, and what you need to do if you think you've been scammed.

The ACCC has instituted proceedings against the very inventively named Domain Name Corp and Domain Name Agency, also trading as Domain Name Register, for misleading Australian businesses. The companies in question, the ACCC alleges, effectively told businesses that they were renewing their existing website domain names when, in actual fact, they were being sold new, very slightly different domains with a creatively designed paper letter.

If you don't mind having a whinge when your internet is taking a sick day, the ACCC has got a trial for you.