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When you sign up to a new broadband internet plan you will be given a set amount of data, which could be split into downloads and uploads, or may be counted all together. In order to make sure your plan doesn’t incur excess charges, or get slow...
read more...23/09/2010 03:13 PM
One of the most important factors when choosing a broadband plan is knowing what the average speed on that plan is. Even if you find a response to this question, you may still wonder how this will affect your internet usage.Below we have provided a g...
read more...23/09/2010 02:43 PM
People who have started the search for a new broadband connection will call numerous providers. These days, most internet companies tell you they only charge via direct debit from a bank account or credit card. What does this mean for you as a custom...
read more...23/09/2010 01:56 PM
FlexibilityIf you’re renting out your property, you’re probably after a broadband plan that offers flexibility. If you sign up to a long term contract and then you find out that it’s time to move, there may be high cancellation fees...
read more...22/09/2010 01:34 PM
First we heard of kilobytes, then megabytes, and a long time afterwards, the gigabyte. With Internet Service Providers (ISPs) like iiNet, Netspace, iPrimus, Internode, Dodo and Westnet all recently announcing terabyte plans, it would seem we have evo...
read more...22/09/2010 12:28 PM
TPG is beating rival iiNet in the battle for new customers, according to the internet and phone service provider.Broadband provider TPG claims to have signed up 100,000 new subscribers over the last 12 months, compared to iiNet's 48,000 and Optus...
read more...22/09/2010 10:05 AM
From next month, Telstra will begin offering free broadband trials through the National Broadband Network (NBN) for one hundred customers living in trial sites in Tasmania. The NBN Co Tasmanian trial sites are Midway Point, Scottsdale and Smithton.Te...
read more...21/09/2010 04:29 PM
Greens Senator Scott Ludlam has pledged to try and stop the privatisation of Labor’s National Broadband Network (NBN).Labor has stated previously that they planned to sell the government’s majority stake in NBN Co within five years of the...
read more...21/09/2010 02:09 PM
A survey by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) has revealed that mobile broadband usage across Australia has grown by 21.7% from December 2009 to the end of June 2010. The ABS has characterised mobile wireless broadband as internet connections...
read more...21/09/2010 10:27 AM
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has called on global leaders to make access to high-speed broadband a basic civil right.ITU secretary-general Dr Hamadoun Toure urged politicians and industry figures at a meeting of the Broadband Comm...
read more...20/09/2010 02:25 PM
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