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TPG were the first to offer Unlimited Broadband plans on a wide scale to Australians, in 2010. Up until then, Australians had to be happy with plans ranging from the ridiculous 200MB (almost enough to download a Windows Update without having to payse...
read more...16/05/2012 04:23 PM
“A child of five would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of five”.
Groucho Marx probably wasn’t talking about a broadband internet connection when he said this, but Groucho 2012 (a moustachioed robot I’ve created...
read more...15/05/2012 11:45 AM
Scenario: you see an ad for an excellent sandwich. The turkey is luscious. The mustard is fancy. The tomato is juicy. With glass fangs forming on your mandibles, you fumble for the phone and breathlessly call the number on the ad. But alas, you&rsquo...
read more...09/05/2012 05:00 PM
We've already written about both of Optus' free broadband offers, covering them pretty extensively. There are good and bad things about the plans, and as we've written, they're competitive but not overpowering. Click here for the best Optus...
read more...09/05/2012 04:22 PM
Optus was Australia’s first competitive provider for telecommunications. It emerged in the early 90’s as a mostly Australian competitor to Telstra, the private company that emerged out of Telecom Australia.
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read more...08/05/2012 05:00 PM
It’s 2012! We have more entertainment options than ever before and less time to enjoy them. Entertainment is at the heart of the modern technology conundrum – we have so many options that sometimes it seems we have no option at all, becau...
read more...08/05/2012 01:33 PM
Pobody’s nerfect. Just about every internet service provider (ISP) has an audience that they cater to – Optus offers great deals for families who use a lot of services, Dodo offers an option for bargain hunters and TPG looks to bring over...
read more...07/05/2012 05:25 PM
US content delivery firm Akamai have released their Q4 2011 State of the Internet report, a breakdown of worldwide broadband adoption and speeds. Australia has ranked at 24, placing it behind Slovakia and Romania, but commensurate with the UK and Ger...
read more...03/05/2012 02:02 PM
Optus has recently re-affirmed their commitment to fixed-line broadband – that is, ADSL and Cable. It’s a welcome change for Australia’s 2nd largest telco, which has been stuck in neutral for a while, concentrating on mobiles and...
read more...02/05/2012 07:12 PM