Ausdroid’s fastest NBN plans for September 2018
The NBN was meant to supercharge Australia’s internet, but if you pick the wrong plan, the only thing it will supercharge is your wallet. And not in a good way. The point is, not all NBN providers and equal, and...
NBN FTTN upgrade plans updated
Maybe I missed something, but it looks like NBN pretty quietly added a bunch of new suburbs to the FTTN upgrade plans.
Compared to the previous listing, there's a lot of suburbs that have been added to the list;...
NBN weeks from completion* (excluding 100000 “too hard” premises)
Eleven years ago the Rudd federal Labor Government announced the intention to build a National Broadband Network delivering super fast broadband to Australian homes and workplaces: 93% via Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) and 7% via Fixed Wireless/Satellite.
Several years...
Superloop suspends all data caps on metered NBN broadband plans
The pandemic continues to scale up and now we're in a position where, if possible, people are working from home.
One of the issues with this is the increasing stress on broadband networks, both in terms of more users online...
Commbank app & site will sell NBN, electricity, shopping deals etc from part owned...
In an unexpected move, Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) has announced it will promote discounted NBN and broadband services to its customers, after acquiring a 25% ownership stake in NBN retail telcos More Telecom and Tangerine.
The partnerships announced today...
If you’ve got Fibre NBN, D-Link WiFi can help get decent speed on all...
After so many years of living in Australia's Internet backwater, I'd not really paid an awful lot of attention to how higher performance home networking had evolved and how it mattered to getting a good experience. After all, when...
Looking for better value NBN? Exetel is fast and will save you money
At the moment, everyone's looking to save money where they can - mortgage holders are feeling the pinch of interest rates, everyone's feeling the pinch of insurance, and electricity, gas and other utilities are on the rise.
While NBN prices...
Optus fined $6.4m by Federal Court for false NBN disconnection claims
Late last week, Optus was stung to the tune of $6.4m by the Federal Court of Australia, following legal action taken by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission over misleading NBN claims.
Last May, the telco emailed some 139,000 broadband...
D-Link extend their EasyMesh system so you can extend your NBN Wi-Fi coverage
Back in May, we took an early look at the D-Link COVR-1102 EasyMesh Wi-Fi system. It's one of the first certified EasyMesh certified options, meaning that even if you don't necessarily want more than two nodes for now......
Asus Zen Wi-Fi XT8 review – Mesh Wi-Fi with everything you need now and...
You can still get a plain old broadband router, but if you’ve even got a hint of Wi-Fi coverage issues in your house you should consider mesh as an option. It’s not just because of the better coverage, it...
NBN Co reveals which suburbs will be upgraded from Fibre to the Node to...
As part of wide-sweeping changes to the NBN network strategy identified in September, more than 100,000 premises are set to benefit from the ability to connect Fibre to the Premises. The vastly superior network technology is being made available...
Australian Government declares NBN ‘built and fully operational’; quarter of a million homes can’t...
The inevitable progression of Australia's National Broadband Network from public to private ownership is one step closer today, with the government declaring that the network is "built and fully operational".
Earlier this morning, Communications Minister Paul Fletcher made the announcement,...
Speedtest data shows Australia’s NBN fixed Internet continues to improve
This may come as a surprise to many users, but the data captured by Speedtest.net shows Australias fixed-line Internet is still improving. Well, the speed is at least since the test only captures throughput at a moment in...
NBN Co finally recommencing HFC connections from late July
There are a lot of factors involved in the delays for customers wanting and needing HFC connections. This includes Shortages of modems coupled with service reliability woes. The collective issues led to a rethink about upgrading all...
Around 50% of homes in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane have the oldest NBN technology
The NBN was touted as dream infrastructure, and the Coalition says it is close to completing the A$50 billion national broadband network.
But Australia recently slipped three spots to place 62nd in global broadband rankings, with our average download speed of 35.11 Mbps...