4.5
Review: Fingbox V2 – don’t you worry about a Fing online
The true extent of Telstra’s recent NBN broadband meltdown was outed by Fingbox users around the country. What is a Fingbox V2 you ask?
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Internet/NBN
4.5
NBN Home Superfast or Home Ultrafast from Vodafone
If you are one of the lucky people to have FTTP (Fibre-To-The-Premises) or some HFC (Cable) users you can now get NBN Home Superfast or Home Ultrafast – 250/25...
Big Tech will annihilate Telcos (a weekend read!)
Big Tech will annihilate Telcos. Analysts are saying that the pace of Big Tech and its role in bringing global internet to all will annihilate Telcos as we kno...
Dodo and iPrimus misleading broadband claims – again, again, again…
When will Dodo and iPrimus learn that you can’t pull the wool over the ACCC’s eyes? That its Chairman Rod Sims is the best thing to happen to hapless Australia...
Netflix is throttling back Australia in the time of Coronavirus
After a modestly late night of work last night, it was time for a bit of Netflix. Running through the options, I found that I’d only watched the movie Hanna ha...
Can you trust Netflix?
Can you trust any FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google) member? Can you trust Netflix is part of our continuing series on Big Tech Trust.
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D-Link DWR-956 4G LTE AC1200 for COVID convicts – mini-review
If you are self-isolating (or just working from home) and
have lousy ADSL or no internet, then the D-Link DWR-956 4G LTE AC1200 router
may be just what the doc...
COVID-19 offers – Optus and Telstra free data to help stay connected
Both Optus and Telstra have free COVID-19 offers - upgrades to data – and we presume a raft of MVNOs will be next.
Here are the free data COVID-19 offers (w...
Telstra 5G briefing 27 February 2020
If you take the hyperbole and back-slapping out of the 47-minute
Telstra 5G briefing 27 February 2020 with its CEO Andy Penn and Emilio Romeo
from Ericson then...
Is the MTM NBN a technical and financial failure?
Love or hate the NBN
it has worked for some and been a nightmare for many. But it is the MTM NBN
that has caused so much angst.
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NBN is getting better, but FTTN still sucks for some
The latest ACCC report ‘Measuring Broadband Australia’
confirms that NBN is getting better, but FTTN still sucks for some.
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Vodafone and TPG merger back on
The Federal Court has reversed a ruling by the ACCC, and the
Vodafone and TPG merger can proceed. But what does this mean for Australians
and what is the futur...