Monthly Archives: March 2008

I recently purchased something that is intangible, and the seller used PayPal as his payment method. It wasn’t anything overly expensive, but I get annoyed when someone is paid for something and they do not deliver. So, I lodged a … Continue reading →

Eftel, an Australian ISP plans to roll out VDSL2+ MSANs to select exchanges. VDSL2+ doesn’t really seem to have a place however for home users, because the performance from the internet isn’t likely to reach the speeds capable of VDSL2+ … Continue reading →

A Buzz Broadband CEO recently stated that WiMAX was a ‘disaster’ and it suffered from high latency, and other issues. He also made comment over the coverage of WiMAX, saying the coverage was non existent indoor at just 2kM. Airspan, … Continue reading →

Soul Telecom seems to be suffering some form of value decline, at least on the sharemarket, where in little less than a year, they have gone from being $1, to close to $0.25, losing 75% of the share value. They … Continue reading →

Telstra might find itself reducing prices for a change. The reasoning behind that is Telstra is forseeing a threat from LSS based competition, which allows others to provide ADSL2+ and VoIP services to consumers, effectively removing a good fair chunk … Continue reading →

At least, I tried to trick the new TomTom GPS Navigator we picked up today. I tried, and tried, took wrong turns and ignored every direction, waiting for it to at some point say … I quit. But, it was … Continue reading →

Should Telstra build FTTN, they insist on a return of 18% as a minimum. That’s a lot of money to be forcing from consumers struggling with mortgage rises, and other factors, more so in a market where the pressures are … Continue reading →

  That’s of course the male lion at Taronga Zoo, where we decided to visit today, and take a look around at the various animals on display. The Lion in the above picture is really cool! They keep them in … Continue reading →

The Buzz Broadband CEO has labelled their deployment of WiMAX in the Hervey Bay region a “miserable failure”. The CEO described problems which are generally common with wireless technologies in poor environments, such as packet loss, low speeds, poor signal, … Continue reading →

Just .. not as fast as trains in some cases. It’s amazing that I can move 1GB 100kM faster by rail then I could the internet. Heck, it’d be quicker to deliver 2GB 100kM away, using a car then it … Continue reading →

I’m getting a new design done for Downtime Web Hosting, I think the current site that I did, whilst was intended to be a simple layout, doesn’t have some of those qualities about it that ‘impress’ the viewer. So, I’m outsourcing … Continue reading →

As I mentioned yesterday’s post, I setup and have established Downtime Web Hosting, and it’s ready to accept customers. I started marketing it some point earlier, to see what sort of turnaround it’d have with visitor responses, and I have … Continue reading →

I’ve finished the setup of Downtime Web Hosting. It is a web host I have setup to offer stable hosting in a market where hosts can be unpredictable, and in other cases directly mislead and lie to consumers. Simply put, … Continue reading →

An article in Australian IT has quoted an industry member as suggesting that wireless is the BEST option to regional, rural and remote areas. And he is right. WiMAX is capable of speeds far exceeding that of the proposed FTTN … Continue reading →

It amazes me how stupid those who get elected are. The previous government setup a $2 billion communications fund, of which the interest would be used to invest in further regional and rural communications infrastructure. Brilliant plan. There’s no burden … Continue reading →

Telstra’s loss in the High Court yesterday has a much more strong message behind it for Telstra. One which isn’t really obvious from the outset. The G9 propose to setup an FTTN network, migrating copper wire to their nodes using … Continue reading →

And so did the High Court today when it released it’s verdict on Telstra’s “The Castle” style legal action against the ACCC’s declaration and continuation of competition. Telstra’s case was that the fair rates set by the ACCC for access … Continue reading →

It would seem that BPL isn’t taking off after the sparks it originally created when first anticipated by the industry as a replacement for the expensive copper from Telstra. BPL is running broadband over infrastructure that is sure to reach … Continue reading →

According to a recent article in SMH’s “Business Day”, it’s revealed nearly everytime a pricing decision is released by the ACCC, they take that decision for legal action. The idea here is pretty clear. With a pricing decision made by … Continue reading →

It’s amazing, the number of products you can get a guarantee on. For example, through the USO, a basic telephone service is guaranteed to any fixed residence. And, there’s those “guaranteed, or your money back” style marketing done by various … Continue reading →

Whirlpool have done it again, finally releasing the results of their annual broadband survey, and the results are well, expected. Survey Results Here What can be seen from the survey is pretty average. 1. Broadband value is pretty much the … Continue reading →

When it comes to node based deployment, the issues for regional and rural areas are cost based issues, centred mainly around trenching through a fibre cable to the node, and then cutting the customers over. Of these however, the costly … Continue reading →