Category Archives for "NBN"

Byte Me Article 277 – Internet Safety

Getting Connected and Protected Following on from last weeks’ article directed at first time computer users, this week we look at what would be the next step forward – getting connected to the Internet and keeping safe while on it.  The subject of Internet connections has already been covered in many of these articles however […]

Byte Me Article 276 – Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained

Technology Knows No Bounds The feedback that I get from readers is very interesting and lately it has come to my attention that there are a significant number of regular readers that have still never had Internet access and have also never owned a computer.  I separate the two here as I don’t really count […]

Byte Me Article 275 – Routers & Passwords

Router Issues are Best Left Alone If you are a regular reader then you will have read my articles about Microsoft’s forced Windows 10 upgrade antics.  Despite world-wide pressure to revoke this hard line approach Microsoft has not changed their current method of tricking people into this upgrade and it continues to catch users.  In […]

Byte Me Article 261 – Wireless

Internet Connection Explained Continuing on from last week we are still looking at ‘wireless’ connections and start with what to do if your Wireless Internet connection is running slow.  Here we are referring to Internet connections that are given names like 3G, 4G, 4GX, Next G, Wireless Broadband, Wireless Hotspot and even tethering.  Last week […]

Byte Me Article 260 – Wi-Fi

Staying Up To Speed With Wireless Do you understand the difference between the following terms – Wi-Fi, Wireless Broadband, Fixed Wireless, 3G, 4G, 4GX & Bluetooth?  Not many people do and it is little wonder that is the case unless you are dealing with these terms every day.  All of the above are ‘wireless’ modes […]

Byte Me Article 255 – A Little ‘Charity’ Goes A Long Way

A Little ‘Charity’ Goes a Long Way The power of the press!  One newspaper article can carry a lot of weight and save a lot of wait.  I was most impressed when an Enterprise level marketing lady from Optus called me first thing on Monday morning – from within Australia.  Not only did she speak […]

Byte Me Article 254 – Frustrations Continue With Optus

Frustrations Continue with Optus Regular readers of this column will remember the challenges that I faced last year with changing my home phone and Internet services across to Optus.  I thought that I could save money and have extra services by going to a ‘Big Business Plan’ that Optus offered to encapsulate all of my […]

Byte Me Article 245 – Internet times speedily changing

Internet Times Speedily Changing We have had some good responses to the latest articles about NBN and ‘the Internet of things’ with several people asking for further explanation on why we need greater Internet speeds.  This weeks’ article will attempt to answer that question in some more depth. At all times it needs to be […]

Byte Me Article 244 – Internet upgrade not fast enough

Internet Upgrade Not Fast Enough For this third & final article about our ‘Internet Connection Speeds’, we look at what the NBN is or was promising.  As pointed out previously, the underground copper cabling that was in some cases laid decades ago was never designed to carry the amount of information that modern and future […]

Byte Me Article 243 – Internet Connections Continued

Need for Speed is Snowballing Following on from last weeks’ article about Internet speeds, today we address the question “why all the fuss”.  We have already seen Internet speeds increase from 40kbps to around 10000kbps for the majority of Australians in the last 15 years.  The flipside here is the rate at which we find […]