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Boost Broadband coming soon…

Phil Tann — Thu, 21 Mar 2024 22:15:01 +0000

The boat-rocking team from Boost is back with another offer, this time jumping on the NBN train with Boost Broadband coming soon. Now, for anyone who keeps an eye on the market, this isn’t a surprise; with company founder openly speaking about the potential of Boost offering broadband services when I spoke to him in […]

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Looking for better value NBN? Exetel is fast and will save you money

Chris Rowland — Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:37:07 +0000

At the moment, everyone’s looking to save money where they can – mortgage holders are feeling the pinch of interest rates, everyone’s feeling the pinch of insurance, and electricity, gas and other utilities are on the rise. While NBN prices haven’t changed much – and signs are they probably won’t – there’s still savings to […]

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I upgraded to D-Link business-grade hardware and I won’t look back

Phil Tann — Sun, 06 Aug 2023 21:00:01 +0000

After many years of playing with steadily higher and higher quality networking hardware, I’m now running business networking equipment at home, and I’ll never go back to consumer-grade. Don’t get me wrong, it’s got a place in the market, and for a considerable percentage of users, a quality consumer-grade wireless router is fine. Still, with […]

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NBN FTTN upgrade plans updated

Phil Tann — Mon, 26 Jun 2023 09:28:57 +0000

Maybe I missed something, but it looks like NBN pretty quietly added a bunch of new suburbs to the FTTN upgrade plans. Compared to the previous listing, there’s a lot of suburbs that have been added to the list; with some being delayed as well. Clearly there’s a lot going on in the backgorund with […]

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I leapt onto Leaptel and I’m happy I did

Phil Tann — Fri, 16 Jun 2023 21:00:03 +0000

I stuck with my NBN provider for a long time, not specifically out of loyalty or the perception that it was the best value for me but for the convenience of not worrying about the hassle of changing. After a discussion with a close friend about their experience changing NBN providers, I found that the […]

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NBN builds a better offering to remote and rural users on Sky Muster

Phil Tann — Sat, 10 Jun 2023 03:57:19 +0000

The NBN as a whole has been deemed a success for users around Australia; increasing access to and the speeds of connectivity. Largely in suburban and fringe areas though. For users in remote locations, the news hasn’t been as good with Sky Muster being heavily speed restricted and involving data limits… Until now! The Sky […]

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D-Link shows a router upgrade may be the right move with DSR-250V2 VPN Router

Phil Tann — Thu, 01 Jun 2023 22:30:18 +0000

While the pandemic is over, a lot of us are still spending more time at home; including working from home. It’s when this transition occurred that many realised their internet connection and, or their router just wasn’t up to the job. Recently D-Link launched the DSR-250V2 which shows that a router upgrade doesn’t have to […]

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You could save up to $240 simply by switching to Aussie Broadband during Black Friday sales

Phil Tann — Sat, 26 Nov 2022 02:48:27 +0000

Broadband internet with accompanying quality Wi-Fi really is a part of our hierarchy of needs these days. So it’s a constant cost that we all accept, but with a market this competitive, loyalty doesn’t necessarily pay. As part of the company’s Black Friday sales, you could save up to $240.00 by switching. The offerings cover […]

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Ookla Speedtest data reveals connectivity speeds for Aussies, their devices and ISP performance

Phil Tann — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 20:58:04 +0000

It’s always interesting to look at Speedtest data sets knowing that there are so many factors involved. In the latest Global Index from Speedtest, we’re seeing some interesting data and trends continue. Australia’s connection speeds across mobile and fixed broadband services continue to improve. Our median speed for mobile services has now reached 88.82Mbps and […]

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D-Link G415 AX1500 4G Smart Router delivers mobile broadband as core home networking

Phil Tann — Sun, 15 May 2022 21:30:36 +0000

While the NBN is officially “finished” a lot of Aussies still can’t get a good connection. So poor, in fact, are the connections that a mobile connection provides a better solution to accessing the world wide web. In recognition of this need, D-Link has launched the G415, an AX1500 4G Smart Router. Users can slip […]

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