The day has come…! I can finally get something faster than 1.5Mbit/s at home. I have applied for the 8Mbit/s upgrade with Internode and I will be leeching Linux ISOs as soon as they go to air in the US faster than ever!!

Why Telstra's FTTN network is a furphy, was a furphy and is always [...]

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I just posted this comment at Whirlpool at about Telstra's proposed "Fibre to the Node" network.
Thorpiedo wrote:
Some of Telstra's proposals are outrageous, but some (i.e. FTTN) would solve many problems we currently face with the availability of higher-speed broadband in this country.
Not really. Telstra has said its FTTN network will cover five capital cities only… [...]

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I just posted a review of Unwired's new PCMCIA card on APCMag.com. (My incessant nagging to get a look at one of these finally paid off!)
I'm looking forward to the day my laptop has WiMax built in and can access wireless broadband as easily as WiFi, but the standard is yet to be finalised on [...]

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