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Internode Offering 30GB for $50/Month, With A Catch

4:30PM Nick Broughall | Choosing a broadband plan for you or I is a fairly simple task, because we know what we want. We know how much data we’ll need, we know how fast we need our broadband, we know whether we get ADSL2+ or not… but for some people it’s a confusing mess of acronyms and figures. That’s apparently why Internode has launched its “Easy Broadband” plans, so those people can just sign up and get 30GB of data every month for just $50. More »

Online

CompuServe Classic Finally Put To Rest

7:36PM John Herrman | Have you noticed anything different about your inbox this week? Where are all the weirdly threatening chain letters from family members you’ve never met? The hyperventilating urgent FWD: FWD: FWD: messages about Barack Obama’s secret Hellenic Polytheism? Your tri-weekly update on the power of prayer, told through the perspective of your fourth cousin’s cat? They are gone, is where, stemmed at the source. CompuServe Classic is dead. More »

Entertainment

iPrimus To Get Unmetered TiVo Downloads

1:12PM Nick Broughall | iPrimus today announced that they will be offering unmetered downloads to TiVo customers from June. More »

Entertainment

Internode Now Selling TiVo

12:00PM Nick Broughall | We knew it was coming, but you can now purchase a TiVo through ISP Internode. More »

Networks

Internode Launches Mobile Data Service On Back Of Optus 3G

2:10PM Nick Broughall | Internode have jumped on the mobile data train by hopping into bed with Optus. Their mobile service, called NodeMobile Data, will be available from tomorrow, and uses the Optus 3G infrastructure. More »

Networks

Optus Now Taking Part In The Government’s Internet Filter Trial

11:30AM Nick Broughall | We laughed when the original six ISPs were announced to trial the Government’s ISP-level internet filtering scheme - aside from iPrimus, we’d never heard of any of them. Well, yesterday the Government added a seventh ISP to the trial, and this time it’s a biggie. Optus will be taking part in the trial from May 22. More »

Software

Internode iPhone App Lets You Monitor Your Internet Usage (Updated)

12:30PM Nick Broughall | There’s nothing worse than getting shaped a week before the end of the month because you’ve exceeded your monthly download limit. That’s why Internode’s new iPhone app is great - so long as you’re an Internode customer. More »

QOTD

Your Internet Connection Is Down: How Do You React?

7:00AM Sean Fallon | You are merrily surfing the web when the lights on the modem stop blinking—that’s right, your connection is down. What is your immediate reaction in this situation? More »

Networks

The NBN Is The Biggest Hippie Lovefest Since Woodstock

2:22PM Nick Broughall | Since this morning’s announcement that the Government is going to be creating their own company to build the NBN, there has been an outpouring of love and respect from ISPs so profound that you’d think K-Rudd was the new Dalai Lama. More »

Networks

Take Your Laptop To The Cricket Thanks To Internode WiFi At The MCG

9:38AM Nick Broughall | One day, after the bloody war between God and Satan which saw the devil cast down from heaven to rule the pits of hell, Beelzebub decided to try and get his revenge on God and his human followers by creating the game of cricket. And for hundreds of years, the devil was successful in creating a sport where it is literally more interesting to watch grass grow than what’s happening on the field. But now God has struck back through ISP Internode, who last week announced it had switched on free Wi-Fi at the MCG. More »