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NBN Co Offering Fibre To Wireless Customers If They Pay

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11:30AM June 20, 2011 | Nick Broughall

The reason the NBN includes a percentage of the population getting wireless instead of fibre is that Australia’s geography and size make it very, very expensive to connect some remote homes. But it’s not impossible, which is why it’s great to hear that NBN Co is offering to connect Tasmanian residents outside the fibre footprint, so long as they foot the bill… More »


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A Woman Stole A SIM Card And Racked Up $193,187 Worth Of Data Fees

2:20PM May 3, 2011 | Casey Chan

Kylie Monks, a 33-year-old Tasmanian woman, has been jailed for stealing a SIM card and using the hell out of it. How intense was it? Over a 3-month period, she racked up $193,187.43 worth of data fees. Monks, to her credit, said she only used the SIM card to check Facebook and download a dozen movies. More »


iPrimus To Offer NBN Services In Tasmania Mid-Year

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3:33PM March 22, 2010 | Nick Broughall

While the rest of the country sits back and waits for the NBN to be built and 100Mbps broadband to be delivered to our front door, iPrimus is busy telling the world that they’re anticipating to start selling services using the NBN in Tasmania from the middle of the year. More »


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Is Tasmania The Google Street View Black Hole

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11:52AM March 2, 2010 | Nick Broughall

We’ve seen plenty of Street View anomalies in the past, many of which originated from Tasmania. But none of them are as as pervasive as Ridgeway Road. More »


Some Tasmanians Getting Free TiVo To Test The NBN

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11:08AM November 27, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Even though Microsoft may not count Tasmania as part of Australia, our southern brothers have one big technological advantage over the rest of us – the government is starting the rollout of the NBN down there. And now that little advantage has a fringe benefit, with Hybrid TV announcing that they will be offering participants in the NBN trial a freed TiVo for a year in order to truly test out the network. More »


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Windows 7 Student Deal Forgets About Tasmania

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9:30AM November 25, 2009 | Nick Broughall

It’s pretty easy to forget about Tasmania, all the way tucked down there at the bottom of the country. Hell, there’s even a bit of water separating them from the rest of us. Which is why I have nothing but understanding for Microsoft, who have conveniently forgotten about the country’s sixth state in their Windows 7 Student upgrade offer. More »


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Southern Cross Launching One HD July 2

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2:34PM June 16, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Gizmodians living outside the major metropolitan areas who have been hanging out for access to the 24 hour HD sports channel, One HD, your time is almost here. More »


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Devonport Tasmania Is The Seventh Gateway To Hell (On Street View)

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2:08PM March 4, 2009 | Nick Broughall

Either Don road in Devonport, Tasmania is a portal to an alternate dimension (more plausible than it sounds), or the Street View driver was on drugs so strong that they not only affected him (or her), but also the photographs his Google car was taking. Either way, it’s pretty fucked up.

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Conroy Thinks You Suck, Goes Ahead With Trials Of ISP-Level Net Filters

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12:32PM February 28, 2008 | Nick Broughall

So if you thought that the new Government actually had some common sense when it came to censoring the Internet, you’d be very, very wrong. The Australian is reporting that Communications Minister Conroy has given the green light for ISP level filters to be trialled in Tasmania.

The filters are designed to filter out those net nasties that could possibly harm your children, like porn and swear words, and are originally planned to be operated in a closed environment by Enex Testlab. The closed test is expected to be completed by June 30, with Live trials to happen after that.

If you do happen to be a Tasmanian, the news gets a little bit worse. The trials aren’t opt-in – you’ll need to opt out if you want to spend your days watching pornotube the freedom to choose what you want to experience online.

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