After a recent tweet from Malcolm Turnbull (@turnbullmalcolm) dismissing one of my usual offhanded barbs about him using BT as an example, even after their ex-CTO slammed FTTN, I’ve decided to pick apart Turnbull’s BT/DT/AT&T argument. It really needs to … Continue reading
For about a decade now gamers have been crying out for an R18+ classification. Over the years we’ve seen games “refused classification” (essentially banning sale or importing) or modified to shoehorn them into the MA15+ bracket. There’s many examples of … Continue reading
Over the past year or so, more and more politicians are turning to Twitter to get their message out there, the question is though: does it work? For some, Twitter is a great broadcast system. Press releases are just a … Continue reading
Over the last year or so, Malcolm Turnbull has attempted to sell VDSL via FTTN. Through this time I have personally brought up with Malcolm the drawbacks of going with VDSL ( or even VDSL2) in a FTTN (Fibre to … Continue reading
As I was writing my previous blog post it seems that Joe Hockey was spinning ABC 936 in Hobart a fantastic yarn about how 4G was faster than the NBN. I’ll let you think about that for a moment. Yes, the oaf … Continue reading
It seems there are many ways that politicians deceive us; through spin, campaign promises that were never intended to be enacted, through omitting key information about policy. This is normal, we’ve come to expect to not be told the 100% … Continue reading
I’ve lost count how many blogs I’ve started then let die, hopefully this time I actually spend some time looking after this one. I intend this to be a collection of rants on geek stuff, gaming, politics & maybe even … Continue reading