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1:00PM Angus Kidman | Shaping — lowering the speed of your Internet connection once you’ve exceeded your monthly download limits — is an annoying but seemingly permanent feature of the Australian communications landscape. Lifehacker 101 explains the issues surrounding shaping you need to consider before choosing your Internet service provider (ISP). More »
Internet Shaping For Beginners
1:00PM Angus Kidman | Shaping — lowering the speed of your Internet connection once you’ve exceeded your monthly download limits — is an annoying but seemingly permanent feature of the Australian communications landscape. Lifehacker 101 explains the issues surrounding shaping you need to consider before choosing your Internet service provider (ISP). More » 
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11:30AM Angus Kidman | The National Broadband Network is progressing slowly, but individual ISPs are still working to get higher-speed connections to our homes. Earlier this year, Internode started offering a 25MBps connection on selected new housing estates, and now iiNet has a similar deal going. More »
iiNet Starts Offering Fibre-To-The-Home On New Estate
11:30AM Angus Kidman | The National Broadband Network is progressing slowly, but individual ISPs are still working to get higher-speed connections to our homes. Earlier this year, Internode started offering a 25MBps connection on selected new housing estates, and now iiNet has a similar deal going. More »
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10:30AM Angus Kidman | While Foxtel dithers over doing deals with ISPs, the ABC’s iView service continues to expand the number of providers offering unmetered access to its excellent catch-up facilities. Its latest deal with AARNet, which provides Internet connectivity for Australia’s university network, means more than a million academic types can now use the service without incurring the wrath of their network overlords. More »
Unmetered iView Access Expanded To Universities
10:30AM Angus Kidman | While Foxtel dithers over doing deals with ISPs, the ABC’s iView service continues to expand the number of providers offering unmetered access to its excellent catch-up facilities. Its latest deal with AARNet, which provides Internet connectivity for Australia’s university network, means more than a million academic types can now use the service without incurring the wrath of their network overlords. More »
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9:27AM Angus Kidman | If, like us, you headed to your PC first thing this morning to test out Foxtel’s new download service, you’ll have been disappointed (but perhaps not surprised) to still see a “coming in October” message. I’ve just chatted to a Foxtel spokesperson and the service is currently scheduled to go live at midday AEST. If you get it working earlier, let us know in the comments.
Foxtel Downloads Should Start Working At Midday
9:27AM Angus Kidman | If, like us, you headed to your PC first thing this morning to test out Foxtel’s new download service, you’ll have been disappointed (but perhaps not surprised) to still see a “coming in October” message. I’ve just chatted to a Foxtel spokesperson and the service is currently scheduled to go live at midday AEST. If you get it working earlier, let us know in the comments.
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | The most surprising aspect of yesterday’s Foxtel download service announcement was that Foxtel hadn’t stitched up a deal with BigPond (or another ISP) to offer cap-free downloads. It turns out that Foxtel has a simpler strategy in mind: begging ISPs not to do it. More »
Foxtel Wants ISPs Not To Charge For Downloads
9:00AM Angus Kidman | The most surprising aspect of yesterday’s Foxtel download service announcement was that Foxtel hadn’t stitched up a deal with BigPond (or another ISP) to offer cap-free downloads. It turns out that Foxtel has a simpler strategy in mind: begging ISPs not to do it. More »
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3:38PM Angus Kidman | So much for the ABC’s plans plans to expand the range of unmetered providers for iView — right now, watching shows through iView will chew through your bandwidth no matter which ISP you use. More »
ABC Switches Off Unmetered iView
3:38PM Angus Kidman | So much for the ABC’s plans plans to expand the range of unmetered providers for iView — right now, watching shows through iView will chew through your bandwidth no matter which ISP you use. More »
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2:30PM Angus Kidman | The only reason anyone shouldn’t be making regular use of the ABC’s iView service is if they don’t have unmetered access — and a new trial makes that much more likely. More »
ABC iView Trialling More Unmetered ISPs
2:30PM Angus Kidman | The only reason anyone shouldn’t be making regular use of the ABC’s iView service is if they don’t have unmetered access — and a new trial makes that much more likely. More »
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12:00PM Angus Kidman | The vast majority of Xbox content announcements tend to include a big old “US only” sticker, but it looks like Australia is finally getting some Xbox movie love — and in hi-def no less. More »
HD Movies Coming To Xbox 360 In Australia
12:00PM Angus Kidman | The vast majority of Xbox content announcements tend to include a big old “US only” sticker, but it looks like Australia is finally getting some Xbox movie love — and in hi-def no less. More »
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | f you regularly find yourself getting “shaped” at the end of each month as you use up your monthly download limit, there are options out there that are faster than 64Kbps — but it pays to read the fine print. More »
Finding An ISP That Shapes To 128Kbps
9:00AM Angus Kidman | f you regularly find yourself getting “shaped” at the end of each month as you use up your monthly download limit, there are options out there that are faster than 64Kbps — but it pays to read the fine print. More »
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3:00PM Angus Kidman | DVD rental service Quickflix will begin offering legal movie downloads in early June, but flick fans will need to brace themselves for some Internet cap pain. More »
Quickflix Offers Movie Downloads, Munches Your Bandwidth
3:00PM Angus Kidman | DVD rental service Quickflix will begin offering legal movie downloads in early June, but flick fans will need to brace themselves for some Internet cap pain. More » 
