broadband
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Broadband Mythbusters: The NBN Reaches Kiama
Kiama on the NSW south coast is the second mainland launch site for the National Broadband Network (NBN), and the first within striking distance of a capital city. Despite clear evidence of progress, a trip to Kiama demonstrates that the biggest challenge the NBN faces is getting people to understand what it does and why…
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How Bad Do We Really Have It? Bandwidth Caps Around The World
[The US has had a different experience to Australia, but we still thought this was an interesting story for Australian readers. Their take on Australian pricing is a bit of a mess, though… -ed] Remember the days when unlimited Internet connections were just that? Unlimited? I’m not talking about a generational gap here—it seems like…
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In An NBN World, Sometimes We Need To Remember How We Saw Broadband In The 90s
After questioning the purpose of futurising the technology in the new NBN education video this morning, PC & Tech Authority editor Nic Healey flung me a message on Twitter pointing me to this historic documentation of what Broadband would offer Australia back in the heady days of 1992. You have to watch it.
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City With Fastest Internet In The US Is… Olympia, Washington
I’ve never actually been but I hear the Pacific Northwest is beautiful. Apparently, there’s some really fast internet there too. An FCC report says that Olympia beats every US city in download speed at 21Mbps. That’s nearly double second place.