Waiting for an NBN upgrade? FTTN users stuck in the slow lane while FTTC...
NBN Co's latest corporate plan shows the national broadband network operator is serious about improving service speeds for Fibre to the Curb (FTTC) and Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC) customers, however FTTN customers will be left behind.
Released Friday, the 2020-23...
With mobile broadband getting ever cheaper, don’t wait for the NBN – D-Link’s 4G/LTE...
You might be in the same situation as me. In a metro location, but completely overlooked by broadband options. Can't get the NBN. ADSL is so slow as to be useless. Fixed wireless options are way too expensive. Basically,...
Not content with share of NBN revenue, TPG wants to move customers to its...
If you had a choice between using (and paying for) NBN Co's national broadband network for your customers, or having those customers on your own infrastructure, which would you choose? The answer seems obvious - you'd choose your own....
Guide: if your apartment has Opticomm / LBNCo / OPENetworks internet not NBN
If you move into a recently constructed high rise apartment or unit block you might find that the NBN is not available and you're given a brochure for fibre to the home internet access via LBNCo, Opticomm or OPENetworks...
NBN rollout of HFC confirmed to recommence, but not soon enough if you’re waiting...
For users awaiting connection to the NBN, but trapped by the shortage of HFC modems there is some good news light at the end of the tunnel. This just added to the nightmare that HFC connections is rapidly...
Ask Ausdroid: What’s the most affordable NBN when migrating from low-cost ADSL?
In response to an NBN story we ran over the weekend, Ausdroid reader Helen Draper gets in touch to ask about migrating to the NBN from her ADSL connection. Helen asks:
I was under the impression that we were promised...
Rumour: NBN 1000/50 250/25 super fast new speeds launch late May 2020 for FTTP...
NBN and Australia's internet service providers are working out the final details so that new NBN super fast 1000/50 250/25 plans can be available for some residential home customers by late May 2020 - that's just a few weeks...
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;...
Google’s redesigned the News tab in search results, rolling out soon
Google's been going through a bit of a visual refresh cycle of late, working out how to present better information rather than more. Your News search results are the latest to benefit.
Curiously announced by way of an animated GIF...
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...
Teenagers in Europe dismayed: TikTok suspends HD streaming for 30 days
TikTok has taken off recently with it now being hugely popular with so many of our youth. Although it is basically just short mobile videos it, like other streaming services, still uses a large amount of bandwidth ...
Want a free NBN fibre upgrade? Looks like it’ll come with a 250mbps minimum...
Customers left behind on last-century access technologies have been eagerly awaiting more details since NBN announced it would upgrade large parts of its network to a full-fibre offering last September. Unfortunately, that detail has been hard to come by...
The free NBN speed upgrade is a double edged sword for heavy data users
Over the next 6 month or so, many NBN users will be getting a free speed upgrade through their retail providers. We’ve seen the vast majority of NBN retailers offering this upgrade, providing users connections are capable of...
Following the Vodafone deals iiNet, Internode and Westnet launch 5G home broadband options
Following the launch of Vodafone's unlimited 5G home broadband option, affiliated ISPs iiNet, Internode and Westnet follow suit.
The ups and downs of cellular connectivity are present in that you need to live at an approved address and your experience...
New $7.10 monthly tax on non-NBN fixed line broadband customers to fund rural NBN...
As part of the new Federal Government Regional Broadband Scheme (RBS), a $7.10/month tax will be added to the bills of many non-NBN active fixed-line broadband customers to subsidize the bills of people connecting to NBN's loss-making fixed wireless...