Those hanging out for the NBN might find the latest results of a global study of broadband speeds sobering reading. Australia doesn’t rank in the top five, but even high-speed countries like South Korea aren’t that blazingly fast either. More »
15 years ago, every geek and his dog owned an ISP. Well, almost. But in today’s world of ISPs acting as content distributors, that number has dwindled dramatically. Andrew Colley at Australian IT tells us that according to research from iiNet, more than 200 small ISPs have disappeared in just the past year alone. More »
In an effort to cut costs wherever possible, some consumers are going back to the cheaper, crappier-in-every-way dial-up we all cast aside years ago. This recession has just gotten serious.
Remember dial-up internet? That incredibly slow and awkward way that you used to use to access the internet back in the 90s and early naughties? Well, it’s still around, although it is dying a slow and painful death.
the good news is that the Australian Bureau of Statistics has announced that for the very first time, Broadband has overtaken dial-up as the method of choice for Australian consumers to access porn the Internet.
If the concept of people still using dial-up offends your geeky sensibilities (like it does ours), then you can take solace in the fact that these results – published today – are actually from 2006-2007, and are in comparison to results from 2004-2005.
From the ABS Report Australian Social Trends 2008: More »
For you poor, poor souls who own an Xbox 360 but still rely on dial-up for your internet, an intrepid Instructables member has written up a great “How To” on using your phone line to log onto Xbox Live. All you need is a PC running Windows with a working dial-up connection, an ethernet cable and an Xbox360 (duh). Yes! Now even those of us still riding along the 56.6K information dirt trail will be able to download new Rock Band tracks! [Instructables]
