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22/11/2019
Vodafone to enter fixed-line market with NBN plans
The NBN has given Vodafone (1300 106 571) the chance to move into the fixed-line broadband market, the company announced today at a parliamentary committee.Vodafone, long known for their great value mobile plans and mobile broadband services, praised the NBN for the way it has opened up room for competition amongst Internet Service Providers (ISPs)
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22/11/2019
A Song of Ice and Fibre – How the major ISPs stack up against each other
Before anyone points it out - I'm aware that 'Ice' =! Copper. This was better than "Game of Phones", which made less sense. Sue me. The National Broadband Network (NBN) will eventually get built, despite the battle in Canberra over its future (its Labor’s baby; the LNP have vowed to kill it like Pharaoh would have killed Moses, but will probably
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20/11/2019
How to properly compare the first round of NBN based pricing
The National Broadband Network is probably always going to be a political hot-button issue, at least until the full transition has completed (which may be 10 years or more away). Right now, in these early stages of actually signing customers on to the network, the pricing war is underway, and the figures change from week to week. Meanwhile.
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15/11/2019
Telstra and Motorola team up for the release of the Motorola XOOM
The highly anticipated Motorola Xoom will be available to Australians from May on Telstra’s Next G network. The tablet device is the first to run on the Android™ 3.0 (Honeycomb) platform. The Motorola Xoom includes a 1GHz dual-core processor and 1 GB of RAM, 32GB of memory, front-facing and rear-facing cameras, true multi-tasking functionality, and
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15/11/2019
Telstra and Vodafone reduce Samsung Galaxy Tab by more than half
Telstra and Vodafone have cut the pricing of the seven inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, with Telstra offering the tablet for just $408 outright.When the device was first released in late 2010, the upfront charge was $999. The Galaxy Tab can also be purchased on 24-month contracts which include mobile data to use each month.The Samsung Galaxy Tab uses the
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15/11/2019
Become a part of the Vodafone Community
Vodafone has announced a new eForum where customers can login, vent, suggest, and report any issues they’ve been having with their Vodafone mobile or broadband service. Topic areas which Vodafone has already added to the site include “Plans and Billing,” “Phones, Tablets and Mobile Broadband” and “Network Coverage.” Customers have already been
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15/11/2019
Steve Jobs unveils iPad 2 amid stronger competition
Apple CEO Steve Jobs flaunted the second generation iPad to an invite-only audience in San Francisco yesterday.The iPad 2 features front and rear-facing cameras and a slimmer physique than the iPhone 4. It runs twice as fast as the original iPad, and up to nine times faster on graphics with its dual core processor.The new tablet device will be
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14/11/2019
China bans ABC's website
The Chinese goverment has confirmed that it has officially banned the ABC's website from being accessed in their country. Though there was initially no explanation for the censorship, a statement was eventually given to the ABC by an official from the Office of the Central Cyberspace Affairs Commision, citing that they have the right to take
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13/11/2019
Facts about Australia’s internet usage from over 107,000 respondents
Compare Broadband is an internet comparison service that helps Australian’s find the right broadband plan to suit their needs. We have compiled data on the back of 107,155 customers looking for a new broadband plan. Information collected pertains to location, household size, internet usage, connection type and reason for needing a new broadband
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13/11/2019
Telstra Bundles for Pensioners and Discounts
In recent times, many pensioners and senior citizens have been submitting queries in about whether there are any government subsidises broadband schemes available to them, and how they can go about getting involved and hooked up to such a plan. The fantastic news for all is that Centrelink does indeed have a ‘Telephone Allowance’package, which
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13/11/2019
Mate Communicate wins Product Reviews best ISP for 2016
Product Review, a leading website that is home to reviews of various products and services in Australia offers annual awards to various companies and products that are conducted by the Editorial & Data Team at ProductReview.com.au. These awards highlight the products and services that are voted the best of the best by the ProductReview community.
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13/11/2019
Average Australian Internet Speed - December 2016
Akamai has released their latest State of the Internet Report, which shows the average Australian internet speed sitting currently ranked 50th in the world for its average national internet connection speed at 9.6 Mbps, with a year on year growth of 23%. Whilst Australia has seen some improvement from the rollout of the NBN, this speed growth
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