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4:11PM Angus Kidman | Telstra has upgraded its wireless broadband gateway offering, but its increased Wi-Fi speed is only available if you sign up for a contract on the service. More »
Telstra Upgrades Wireless Gateway, No Prepaid Option
4:11PM Angus Kidman | Telstra has upgraded its wireless broadband gateway offering, but its increased Wi-Fi speed is only available if you sign up for a contract on the service. More » 
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9:00AM Angus Kidman | If you want a no-brainer TV recording device, you’ve got two choices right now in Australia: the Foxtel iQ or the TiVo. Now Telstra is throwing its hat into the ring with the planned release of its own device, branded the T-Box. More »
Will Telstra’s T-Box Change The DVR Market?
9:00AM Angus Kidman | If you want a no-brainer TV recording device, you’ve got two choices right now in Australia: the Foxtel iQ or the TiVo. Now Telstra is throwing its hat into the ring with the planned release of its own device, branded the T-Box. More »
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Back in June, the ACCC started cracking down on premium SMS providers (premium in this context usually means ‘overpriced’ and ‘waste of money’). Telstra and Optus are now doing their part by funding a service to check if premium SMS providers live up to their claims. More »
Optus And Telstra Checking Premium SMS Ads
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Back in June, the ACCC started cracking down on premium SMS providers (premium in this context usually means ‘overpriced’ and ‘waste of money’). Telstra and Optus are now doing their part by funding a service to check if premium SMS providers live up to their claims. More »
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Every single time we write about Telstra’s Internet services here at Lifehacker, there’s always a comment about how expensive they are. Now Telstra is promising to actually reduce prices on broadband. More »
Telstra Says Its Broadband Prices Will Drop
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Every single time we write about Telstra’s Internet services here at Lifehacker, there’s always a comment about how expensive they are. Now Telstra is promising to actually reduce prices on broadband. More »
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8:30AM Angus Kidman | Telstra has upgraded its prepaid 3G broadband offer, with a new USB modem going on sale for $169 and a Christmas special offer of 1GB of free data. More »
Telstra Turbo Broadband Goes Prepaid
8:30AM Angus Kidman | Telstra has upgraded its prepaid 3G broadband offer, with a new USB modem going on sale for $169 and a Christmas special offer of 1GB of free data. More »
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11:30AM Angus Kidman | Telstra’s Next G is already the clear champion when it comes to 3G broadband coverage, so when 100 new communities get added to its footprint, it’s safe to assume they’re fairly out-of-the-way. More »
Next G Expands To Some Seriously Obscure Places
11:30AM Angus Kidman | Telstra’s Next G is already the clear champion when it comes to 3G broadband coverage, so when 100 new communities get added to its footprint, it’s safe to assume they’re fairly out-of-the-way. More »
Money
12:54PM Angus Kidman | Advertisements for phone services are often rife with fine-print details and sneaky conditions, but new regulations should curb the worst excesses. More »
Dodgy Ad Techniques That Telcos Can’t Use Anymore
12:54PM Angus Kidman | Advertisements for phone services are often rife with fine-print details and sneaky conditions, but new regulations should curb the worst excesses. More »
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1:00PM Angus Kidman | Yesterday’s announcement that Telstra will be forced to split its existing infrastructure business from the rest of the companyis going to be fodder for news journalists and communications junkies for months to come. But what difference will it make to the average Internet user? More »
The Telstra Split 101
1:00PM Angus Kidman | Yesterday’s announcement that Telstra will be forced to split its existing infrastructure business from the rest of the companyis going to be fodder for news journalists and communications junkies for months to come. But what difference will it make to the average Internet user? More »
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11:01AM Angus Kidman | The big Australian tech news of the day (and arguably of the year) is that the government plans to force structural separation onto Telstra, meaning that it will be forced to essentially hand over its control of the existing national telephone network (including ADSL). Like the NBN, the arguments over this will be huge, and there’s not likely to be any noticeable difference for the average consumer for quite some time. We’ll look into the implications when the dust settles, but meanwhile you can read the announcement on the DBCDE site.
Government To Force Telstra To Structurally Separate
11:01AM Angus Kidman | The big Australian tech news of the day (and arguably of the year) is that the government plans to force structural separation onto Telstra, meaning that it will be forced to essentially hand over its control of the existing national telephone network (including ADSL). Like the NBN, the arguments over this will be huge, and there’s not likely to be any noticeable difference for the average consumer for quite some time. We’ll look into the implications when the dust settles, but meanwhile you can read the announcement on the DBCDE site.
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11:00AM Angus Kidman | Seems like high costs and buggy software haven’t put Australians off mobile broadband, with more than 2.5 million of us now using some sort of 3G dongle. More »
Millions Now Using Wireless Broadband
11:00AM Angus Kidman | Seems like high costs and buggy software haven’t put Australians off mobile broadband, with more than 2.5 million of us now using some sort of 3G dongle. More » 