Get up to speed on the latest broadband news across Australia. Learn more about broadband-related issues around ADSL, ADSL2+, Cable, VoIP, Mobile Broadband and Wireless Broadband.
Happy World Consumers Rights Day! Here in Australia, we’re relatively blessed with strong regulation and well-armed institutions designed to protect consumers from unfair trading (and of course, there’s websites like Compare Broadband and...
read more...15/03/2012 05:41 PM
A third of broadband customers do not believe they are getting the service they pay for, according to a poll.In the survey of 425 visitors to broadband comparison website Compare Broadband, 33% of voters responded to the question 'Why would you leave...
read more...15/03/2012 01:12 PM
Australia is one of fourteen countries "under surveillance" from Reporters Without Borders as a potential enemy of the internet.
The organisation attempts to monitor and declare those who are "enemies of the internet". They highlight the fact tha...
read more...14/03/2012 05:09 PM
TPG is celebrated mostly for its cheap, widely available Unlimited bundles. For $60, TPG offers unlimited broadband and home phone to over 400 exchanges around Australia. And that’s with contract terms from as low as 6 months.
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read more...14/03/2012 03:19 PM
TransACT (1300 305 545) and Internode (1300 106 571), along with parent company iiNet, have released the details of a relief package for those recently affected by flooding in New South Wales.
The package aims to relieve worries about dealing with...
read more...13/03/2012 03:54 PM
Naming a company after a bird renowned for its inability to adapt seems an odd choice, especially when that company is Dodo. When Dodo came on the scene in late 2001 as a shockingly budget dial-up ISP, many had to ask- What’s the catch?
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read more...09/03/2012 05:56 PM
Making sure your internet connection is wireless is high on the list of concerns for many broadband customers these days. However, wireless internet is in itself confusing terminology, as it could be referring to two things. Before shopping for a pla...
read more...09/03/2012 04:39 PM
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) took a step forward in approving a merger of Foxtel and Austar, currently the only two broadcast providers of Pay TV services in Australia. A consequence of the deal could in turn open up cont...
read more...09/03/2012 01:59 PM
A few years ago, the only way to get a mobile phone or internet plan was to sign up for 24 months (in some cases, 36 months!) to a company, and have your connection fees and equipment fees (modems or mobile phones) subsidized through the length of th...
read more...07/03/2012 07:50 PM
Installing an internet connection when you're in the middle of moving house can be a harrowing experience. Research has shown that moving house is one of the most stressful "life events", along with divorce and bereavement. There are so many things t...
read more...06/03/2012 11:32 AM
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