Internet: What Speed do you Need? Regular readers of this column will be aware of my own personal challenges with getting a decent connection at my own residence. After years of a good BigPond ADSL2+ connection I moved to Optus due to the dangled carrot of similar download speeds at a much reduced price. The […]
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Beware of Telecom’s Big Claims Continuing on from last week’s article about the false advertising, broken promises and corporate greed shown by Optus we now have even more condemning information. I know these are strong words however documented proof has surfaced which highlights what is in fact a telecommunications scam. My own experience when shifting […]
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Good Prices But Consider Speed This week I need to postpone another Windows 10 update to talk about my own very recent experience with an attempt to upgrade my home phone plan. What had driven this change was the carrot of monthly savings and more features. It all sounded like a great idea and I […]
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Storms Wreaking Havoc on PC’s Many areas across CQ are finally getting some much needed rain and as is often the case, once it starts we see storm clouds building nearly every day! Lately the heavens are also trying to show off with displays of lightning several times a week. We see the results of […]
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NBN Still MIA in Central Queensland The NBN has been in the news again but what is actually happening? Well since the last federal election in Central Queensland not much is happening at all. Around Rockhampton, Gladstone & Emerald we have a spattering of fibre optic services that (eventually) become available in new estates. We […]
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Fast Internet an Essential Service The cost of the NBN roll out has started to go beyond projections – surprise, surprise! Has any major project (especially a government run project) ever come in under a cost projection? There are a larger number of remote users opting for connection to the NBN than originally planned. Again […]
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NBN Rollout I have been asked to write an article about the state of the NBN rollout in Rockhampton, trying to put some perspective on the situation as well as keeping the article in layman’s terms. This task should prove to be only a little harder than splitting an atom – so here we go! […]
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Beat the Odds, Stay Away from Scammers If you are reading this article and your last name starts with the letter C then please send me $1000! According to statistical information, this should be around 7.5 % of the population and given The Morning Bulletin’s circulation of 20,000 people – this should net me around […]
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Server Myths and Lies Those of you that read last Saturday’s article know that I went to an Innovation Forum – basically a technology expo here in Rocky, pitched at local businesses to provide sound IT advice. It was a great idea hosted by a good organisation but sidelined by the sponsors. I left at […]
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Cloud Computing Not Always Best Solution I have just finished attending the Festival of Innovation – a Thursday event hosted at the Rockhampton Leagues Club. Several guest speakers including the ‘Gadgetguy’ and local business presenters extolling the virtues of our technological age and all things that connect to the Internet. The advantage of these technologies […]
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