broadband
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Starlink: Everything You Need to Know About Elon Musk’s Satellite Internet Service in Australia
Here’s the rundown on Starlink in Australia, including why you should consider (and not consider) it against the NBN.
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Google’s Super-Fast Fiber Internet With WiFi 7 Is Also Super Expensive
Just how fast do you need your home internet to be? More importantly, how much are you willing to fork over to Google each month to turn your home into a miniature data center? According to Google, the answer is an eye-gouging $US250 a month plus fees for blistering 20-Gig speeds on a WiFi 7-enabled,…
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Annoyingly Oversized Satellite Facilitates First 5G Call to a Regular Phone
As part of its efforts to create a space-based cellular broadband network, AST SpaceMobile made the first ever 5G phone call between its prototype satellite and a Samsung Galaxy S22. The Texas-based startup used its BlueWalker 3 satellite to place a call from a wireless dead zone in Maui, Hawaii to a Vodafone engineer in…
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England Now Requires New Homes to Include Gigabit Internet Connections
Good news for those across the pond: Home internet in the UK is getting an upgrade. Two new regulations will now require most new housing construction projects to include gigabit internet, while pre-existing tenants will also have easier access to a high-speed connection.