Qantas is finally switching on in-flight Wi-Fi on domestic flights this month, promising sky-high Netflix, Spotify and Foxtel streaming, all thanks to NBN’s Sky Muster satellite service. The airline first announced the technological upgrade last year, confirming that it would use idle data capacity made available through the NBN satellite service to bring Wi-Fi speeds …
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In the minds of many, NBN equals speed. Or at least, it’s meant to. When’s it coming to my street? Why am I not getting full fibre? Why can’t I have crazy fast broadband right the hell now? Well, it turns out the NBN is ready to offer gigabit speeds right now, but retailers aren’t selling them. With last month’s …
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Australian ISPs are lazy, our internet users get speeds so low they’re “criminal” and people across the country deserve a better NBN. That’s the assessment of Australia’s newest ISP, MyRepublic, which has arrived in Australia ahead of November 15 with a range of “NBN-built” plans, including one targeted at gamers. Already an established brand across New Zealand and Asia, MyRepublic …
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As Australians start signing up to the NBN en masse and telcos jostle to win home broadband customers, Vodafone is jumping in to get a piece of the action, announcing it will begin offering fixed broadband services to Australians from the end of 2017. Company CEO Iñaki Berroeta confirmed the move today, saying Australians “expect connectivity whenever they want it, …
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Foreign-owned farmland, “indiscriminate immigration” — now you can add foreign gamers to the list of things Pauline Hanson finds unacceptable. After landing a seat on the government’s Joint Standing Committee on the National Broadband Network, Senator Hanson is getting stuck into the job of improving Australia’s connection speeds, and she’s calling on Australians to share their internet horror stories for …
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