From 7pm AEDST Tuesday 2 February, NBN says they will not be accepting new orders from NBN retailers for HFC customers and they expect this to last for several months. NBN says that this decision will not affect the more than 1.9 million HFC premises a…
Category Archives: NBN – National Broadband Network
Why I switched from Aussie Broadband NBN to Future Broadband Performance NBN
We moved house a few weeks ago and I chose Future Broadband Performance NBN because it has a unique service offering and Aussie Broadband prices have risen substantially recently. Don’t get me wrong, Aussie Broadband is a great NBN service provid…
HFC is shaping up as a nightmare for NBN and for customers alike
Launtel boss Damian Ivereigh has savaged NBN’s hybrid-fibre coax access technology (more commonly just called HFC), calling it the network’s single most unreliable product. That savagery is not without cause. While most people know that NBN…
National Broadband Network round-up: NBN tower runs on generator for two years, Sydney residents’ NBN gear destroyed by storms
Another week goes by, and more tales of the National Broadband Network emerge, and they’re usually not positives. The decision made years ago to abandon the ideal plan of fibre to (almost) every premise and switch to a lesser multi-technology mix…
National Broadband Network round-up: NBN tower runs on generator for two years, Sydney residents’ NBN gear destroyed by storms
Another week goes by, and more tales of the National Broadband Network emerge, and they’re usually not positives. The decision made years ago to abandon the ideal plan of fibre to (almost) every premise and switch to a lesser multi-technology mix…
NBN provider Launtel says it’s time for wholesale (re) connection charges to go!
Launtel is one of the newer players in the NBN space, despite having been around for a few years. In that short space of time, Launtel has done much to shake up how the NBN could (or should) work. For starters, Launtel offers a free 7 day trial, as wel…
Here’s how you can help Aussie Broadband monitor NBN performance
One of the most important things an NBN provider can do is monitor, improve and report on the performance of its network and its customer experiences. After all, no one wants a poor performing NBN connection. One of the ways that NBN connections are mo…
Could Felix Mobile replace your NBN connection for small users?
Felix Mobile is a brand new telco operating in the mobile space and made a bit of a splash when it launched, offering unlimited data for $35 a month. As with all deals, though, there was a catch – that unlimited data only travelled at 5mbps, bare…
New NBN plan? Get a free 7 day trial from Launtel, up to 25% off at Superloop
It’s a new month, a new year, and there’s always bargains to be found in meeting our daily needs. You can always find a good deal on a new mobile plan, and the same is true of the NBN – there’s always a provider offering a disco…
D-Link DIR-2150 Review — Affordable, powerful and simple connectivity
In an ever-increasingly connected world, there are higher needs and expectations on our core hardware. But there are also users who don’t have extreme needs for 30+ connected devices. So, believe it or not, not everyone needs a high-end mesh Wi-Fi setu…