Monthly Archives: July 2007

Limits on usage are some what of the norm here in Australia. Generally you don’t get an unlimited internet connection, you instead, get a limit of xx(x) GB and after you reach that limit, you are slowed right down to … Continue reading →

An article several days ago was printed in ‘The Age’, Singapore was found to own a lot of Australian resources. They own: Optus Australia. This ownership done via SingTel, owned by a holdings company, which the singapore government also has … Continue reading →

GoTalk, the company that purchased the poorly administered, financially incompetent Wild I&T has decided to take the cousin of the company, Koala Telecom. Koala Telecom has 2500 customers, and has a long running bad reputation. Some items worth highlighting: – … Continue reading →

Apparently, according to one Now We Are Talking user, it’s not Telstra’s fault they price their Regional Backhaul at the excessively high rates that they do price them at. It seems, the real blame isn’t Telstra. Jason Torrento has it … Continue reading →

In addition to yesterday’s apparently long article (looks short to me?), I didn’t actually state a few other things related to that topic. The topic was telco consultant, Kevin Morgan, who is likely to be on Telstra’s own payroll, about … Continue reading →

There was a recent article published in The Age, by Kevin Morgan, one of Kim Beasley’s ex-idiot (or employee, whatever you want to call him). The article claims that Telstra is the only choice for broadband, which is an absolute … Continue reading →

Reading more on the Now We Are Talking, I was thinking, what’s more important to this nation, the businesses (and monopolies) that thrive off it, and the people that live in it? Fast Pr0n Affordable Internet Access Return on Investment … Continue reading →

Welcome to a new theme, this theme is a little more, readable, and much easier to read, and allows a little more focus on the comments section, which I don’t think many others were finding too easily in the previous … Continue reading →

It seems that the so called discussion guidelines on the Now We Are Talking website go right out the window in some cases. Cases where Telstra’s rather absurd agenda is being supported by the uninformed. Forums like Whirlpool, allow discussion … Continue reading →

A recent news article has come to my attention that the government plans to spend $1m ($1,000,000) or one million dollars, on a campaign with only ONE goal. It’s not the goal of promoting broadband’s benefits and cost savings to … Continue reading →

I often wonder what is the point of Telstra gaining money, if the next week, or next month, or next year, they are going to have to give it all back to where they get it from anyway? Such a … Continue reading →

Telstra have taken the correct way this time, and worked with the regulator to get regulations removed from a part of its network. With Optus’s massive fixed network roll out, Telstra deem that there is enough competition in the areas … Continue reading →

I’ve been monitoring the ADSL2+ coverage from Optus on the Let’s Go website (here: http://www.letsgo.com.au/adsl2.php) and have discovered that the roll out has slowed considerably. I wrote a post some months back about Gosford’s upgrade to ADSL2+ due soon, and … Continue reading →

Just a short post on this bit now, the Now We Are Talking site, I’m putting to the test. I read this BlogToon here. The author is basically stating that SingTel is the new tax man. I’ve put the following … Continue reading →

With the launch of BroadbandNOW.gov.au, a site that nearly runs in competition with Whirlpool Broadband Multimedia’s Broadband Choice, the government owned community website takes a different look at helping consumers choose a broadband plan. The Broadband Choice plan search is … Continue reading →

When you look at the behaviour of many businesses, they all have a common goal, among many of them: To capture marketshare, and to make a profit. Now, if you look at just these companies: Telstra, Optus, iiNet, Internode, AAPT, … Continue reading →