Whyerless Is The Future

In my almost 20 years in IT I can’t count how many times I’ve heard the phrase “when X (wireless standard) becomes the norm we won’t need physical connections”. It was said of 2G (GPRS) that we wouldn’t need a home Internet connection if we had one of these devices, that didn’t eventuate. When 2.5G…

New Site Has Gone Live

Finally! Finally I am rid of Netregistry & their horrible service, slow servers, & dodgy network connections. I’ve changed provider & am happy with the results. I’m still working a few kinks out, but I have no intention of going back to the old site. Let me know if anything is broken & I’ll fix…

Mythconceptional Mal

There’s been many myths propagated by Malcolm Turnbull of late as he desperately tries to convince voters that his plan to wreak havoc on the National Broadband Network is a better alternative. The central premise we’ve seen is “cheaper, sooner” (the faster was dropped as this didn’t seem to gel with voters), which has no…

Proof Of The Pudding Is In The Eating

I thought I’d kick things back a bit & describe some of the ways we will be using the Internet in the coming years, & why it’s so vital to have fibre infrastructure ready for the impending data boom. LET YOUR BITS FREE In days gone by, the use of the Internet has been one…

You Spin Me Right ‘Round Baby

I’ll start this off with a quote from Malcolm Turnbull himself: There is a tendency to try to dumb everything down and turn everything into a one-paragraph press release or even less, just a slogan. Today’s Google+ Hangout with Turnbull was an example of dumbing down everything into slogans. Turnbull was light on the detail,…

A Letter From The Big Mal

Recently (& by recently, over 6 months ago) I had a pleasant chat with an MP about the NBN. While rather relaxed, the MP did ask I formulate a set of questions to ask of Malcolm Turnbull regarding his plan. It has taken months to get a response (the questions were submitted days after Turnbull…