Networks
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Telstra Moves To Kill Bill Shock By Throttling Mobile Data
The first question you have to ask about Telstra’s decision to throttle mobile data instead of charging exorbitant rates for excess usage is why it’s taken so long? The second question you ask is why no other major carrier has beat Telstra to the punch on this?
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Telstra Switches On Its First LTE Base Stations
Telstra has announced this morning that it has switched on its first 4G mobile base stations in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth. Yay for faster internets!
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Hero Cops Escort Mobile Phone Loudmouth Off Train
People who carry on high-volume conversations on their mobile phones in public places are the worst. THE. WORST. Which makes Lakeysha Beard the worst of the worst of the worst. For sixteen solid hours after she boarded an Amtrak train in Oakland, KATU.com reports, she yapped loudly into her goddamned phone. SIXTEEN HOURS. And she…
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First Mainland NBN Services Being Switched On Tomorrow
Armidale residents in the NBN first release zone are about to get their fair share of media attention, with PM Julia Gillard and her trusty sidekick Stephen Conroy set to officially launch the first mainland NBN services tomorrow.