broadband
Hardware
6:04PM Elly Hart | Telstra’s launched a new home internet gateway that delivers high-speed broadband over the Next G wireless network, which means no cables and no fixed lines. But how much are you willing to pay for Australia’s fastest, wireless, broadband connection? More »
Telstra’s New Wireless Gateway: You Really Pay For What You Get
6:04PM Elly Hart | Telstra’s launched a new home internet gateway that delivers high-speed broadband over the Next G wireless network, which means no cables and no fixed lines. But how much are you willing to pay for Australia’s fastest, wireless, broadband connection? More »
Entertainment
4:31PM Nick Broughall | It looks like iiNet has just stretched its lead over other unmetered data offerings by adding TiVo’s on demand content to its Freezone. More »
iiNet Now Offering Unmetered TiVo
4:31PM Nick Broughall | It looks like iiNet has just stretched its lead over other unmetered data offerings by adding TiVo’s on demand content to its Freezone. More »
Networks
1:30PM Nick Broughall | Building on the success of their Easy Broadband plans introduced earlier this year, Internode has just launched Easy Naked Broadband plans for naked DSL internet. More »
Internode Introduces Easy Naked Broadband Plan
1:30PM Nick Broughall | Building on the success of their Easy Broadband plans introduced earlier this year, Internode has just launched Easy Naked Broadband plans for naked DSL internet. More »
Networks
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how last month an enterprising South African used a carrier pigeon to transfer data, and it was faster than using his DSL connection? Oh, how we laughed and laughed. Well, turns out that our own broadband situation is similarly awful, with ABC program Hungry Beast putting Telstra’s broadband to test against a pigeon and a car. Guess which one was the slowest? More »
Rural Aussie Broadband Slower Than Carrier Pigeon
10:30AM Nick Broughall | Remember how last month an enterprising South African used a carrier pigeon to transfer data, and it was faster than using his DSL connection? Oh, how we laughed and laughed. Well, turns out that our own broadband situation is similarly awful, with ABC program Hungry Beast putting Telstra’s broadband to test against a pigeon and a car. Guess which one was the slowest? More »
Gadgets
9:25AM Nick Broughall | If it wasn’t for the fact that I need a home phone line for ADSL (I can’t get Naked at my exchange), I would have dumped my home landline years ago. The T-Hub, which was shown off at the Telstra Investor Day yesterday and also popped up on their intranet, doesn’t really make me want to hang on to the legacy landline option… More »
Telstra Unveils The T-Hub… Does Anybody Want One?
9:25AM Nick Broughall | If it wasn’t for the fact that I need a home phone line for ADSL (I can’t get Naked at my exchange), I would have dumped my home landline years ago. The T-Hub, which was shown off at the Telstra Investor Day yesterday and also popped up on their intranet, doesn’t really make me want to hang on to the legacy landline option… More »
Networks
FCC May Reclaim Some TV Airwaves To Boost Wireless Broadband
10:28PM Danny Allen | You’ve heard lots about the FCC and net neutrality, but they’re also working on another important problem: Mobile broadband is growing faster than wireless providers have expansion room to cater for. What the FCC calls the “looming spectrum gap”. More »
Business
3:27PM Nick Broughall | It must be cold down in Hell at the moment, because Telstra CEO David Thodey has just admitted that their broadband pricing is “out of line”. Even better, they’re planning aggressive price cuts. More »
Telstra Admits They Charge Too Much
3:27PM Nick Broughall | It must be cold down in Hell at the moment, because Telstra CEO David Thodey has just admitted that their broadband pricing is “out of line”. Even better, they’re planning aggressive price cuts. More »
Online
Internet Speeds And Costs Around The World, Shown Visually
4:00AM Adam Frucci | This awesome infographic shows the internet costs and speeds around the world for the top 20 nations in the ITIF Broadband Rankings. Unsurprisingly, we don’t compare too well. More »
Networks
2:09PM Nick Broughall | So Optus has refreshed their wireless broadband plans. They’re offering more data for less, with a much lower excess usage fee. Huzzah! But instead of basking in a successful strategy that’s a win for consumers, Optus instead decided to halve the amount of data you get for the same price after the first 12 months. Seriously, WTF Optus? More »
Optus’ New Wireless Plans Sound Good At First, But Get Weird Later
2:09PM Nick Broughall | So Optus has refreshed their wireless broadband plans. They’re offering more data for less, with a much lower excess usage fee. Huzzah! But instead of basking in a successful strategy that’s a win for consumers, Optus instead decided to halve the amount of data you get for the same price after the first 12 months. Seriously, WTF Optus? More »
Networks