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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...
NBN fibre upgrade list updated: does your town make the cut?
Earlier today NBN released details about 100,000 more premises in particular towns which will be lucky enough to have fibre running down their streets in selected metropolitan and regional areas of New South Wales,...
5G Deal: 1 month free no setup fee Optus 5G Home Broadband
Considered signing up for Optus 5G Home Broadband but the $200 setup fee put you off?
Don't worry about it because during February 2021 Optus is offering 5G Home Broadband month to month plans with...
NBN Breaking News: No new HFC connections for several months
From 7pm AEDST Tuesday 2 February, NBN says they will not be accepting new orders from NBN retailers for HFC customers and they expect this to last for several months.
NBN says that this decision...
NBN provider Launtel says it’s time for wholesale (re) connection charges to go!
Launtel is one of the newer players in the NBN space, despite having been around for a few years. In that short space of time, Launtel has done much to shake up how the NBN...
Does AGL’s new NBN energy discount bundle have a big flaw?
Australia's largest energy generator and major energy retailer AGL has decided to sell NBN plans under it's own brand. AGL bought regional telco Southern Phone a year ago so is likely using the...
Telstra looking to take on the NBN with fixed wireless 5G home broadband product
Telstra is looking to launch its own 5G fixed-wireless home broadband product to directly compete against the federal government’s National Broadband Network company, NBN Co, at a time when it, along with its other...
Come August 2020, NBN providers will have to raise prices or compromise speed if...
Aussie Broadband has announced that it believes that Australian NBN service providers will either have to increase prices or reduce service quality once NBN’s Coronavirus CVC bandwidth boost finishes in mid to late August...
My Frankenstein network became functional infrastructure improving NBN and internal connectivity
I’ve been in my house with my wife for about 15 years now and life has changed a lot in that time. When we first got ADSL2, we had Ethernet cables running down the...
Not reaching full Gigabit or 250Mbps NBN speed? Aussie Broadband, Launtel, ASUS, Linksys and...
Whether you're thinking of signing up for an NBN Gigabit 1000/50Mbps or 250/25Mbps plan or have already signed up you should read this advice about how to fix the things stopping you achieving full...
Launtel announce great value gigabit NBN – gigabit downloads for $139.91 per month
Tasmania based NBN provider Launtel has announced that it is launching a new NBN 1000/50 connection option called FastAF priced at $139.91 per month, with minimum download speeds of 400mbps up to 950mbps.
Launtel was...
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...
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...
Neerav’s 4 favourite tech things during the COVID-19 stay-home period
Many of our habits and daily tasks have changed during the last few months because of the disruption to society caused by the CODID-19 Coronavirus.
In my household it's meant everyone is home every day,...
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 -...