After going to tender, the ACCC has appointed SamKnows to deliver the Measuring Broadband Program that the regulator saying they will test speeds across 4000 homes over three years. The first half of those installations will happen next year with the first data expected at the end of the first quarter of 2018.
Dear Lifehacker, I often see home security cameras on sale -- even ALDI has them occasionally. But before I buy one, I'm wondering if it's legal to rig one up. What's the law about surveillance in and around the home, and does it vary from state to state? Thanks, Spyman
Hi Lifehacker, I have an unlimited plan with my ISP. As such they don't have any usage stats on their customer portal. Can you recommend a good monitoring solution? Thanks, Inquiring Mind
Your internet connection will rarely if ever reach its maximum potential speed. So when you're gaming or downloading and want to know whether that lag is packet loss, what do you do? One enterprising DIYer hacked together his own network monitor that sits on his desk and feeds him data on the health of his connection.
Mac: Ever wondered where your applications send and receive data from? Private Eye is a real-time network-monitoring app that shows you live connections from your open software, as well as where the data is being sent.
Windows: If you're worried that some application may be eating into your bandwidth in the background, or you just want to keep closer tabs on the bandwidth your computer is using, NetSpeedMonitor is a handy systray utility that lives in your taskbar. It shows you active upload and download speeds, which applications are using your network connection and what their endpoints are.
