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Internode just struck a deal with Telstra over access to adsl2+ services on Telstra exchanges. Prior to this deal if you were on a level 2 or 3 exchange the best you would get was an adsl 1 connection limited to 1.5 meg down – I have been on this for a while. This, it [...] Continue reading adsl2+ services on Telstra exchanges The upgrade from version 2.9.1 to 2.9.2 never actually happened as at each attempt the process failed. Thinking it was an issue with the upgrade package I thought that I could wait for the next upgrade and this would over ride or remove the issue I was having with 2.9.1. I was wrong. So my [...] Continue reading WordPress upgrade version 3.0 Landfills ‘busting at seams’ with e-waste – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation). In Australia, more than 17 million televisions, computers and other electronic products are thrown away every year. The desire to keep up with the latest technologies means current models are ending up on the scrapheap in ever increasing numbers, and what is [...] Continue reading Landfill bursting with e waste Want to talk more? Keep pedaling, says Nokia. The world's largest mobile phone maker has launched four low-priced handsets and a charger that can be connected to a bicycle's dynamo to power the phone while the wheels turn. The bicycle charger models — some with a standby battery time of up to six weeks, FM [...] Continue reading Pedal-power to the phone With the rapid uptake of VOIP many users are getting caught out as they dump their POTS (plain old telephone systems) when they find that their analogue fax devices no longer work over the VOIP account – YEP – there certainly is a difference.. One way to overcome this is to use and IP based provider [...] Continue reading UTBox |Internet Fax, including Fax by Email, Fax Broadcasting and sending and receiving SMS from PC On Four Corners this Monday night, Quentin McDermott looks at the potential impact of the Federal Government’s proposed mandatory filtering of the internet by ISP’s. A story that reveals how an apparently well meaning attempt by government to protect children from video nasties on the net turned into a policy that critics say promotes censorship [...] Continue reading Filtering of the Internet in Australia – “Access Denied” A slowly but surely developing auction site. It has been around for a few years and generally I have found the experience to be OK. While not attracting buyers of things like heat exchangers, filterbags or vegetable oil products it definitely has a pretty loyal userbase. I have found some sites around the internet, after [...] Continue reading Oztion.com.au Travellers using a worldsim global sim card have access to voicemail from virtually anywhere in the world. Voicemail can be accessed for free by logging into your account and playing it. If you need to access voicemail from your phone the rates are same as if calling from zone 1 The online access is great. [...] Continue reading World SIM Global voice mail? Telstra is expanding its presence on Twitter after the telco managed to recover its profile from a cybersquatter. The company’s social media team has been running a Twitter profile for its internet BigPond service for some time, answering queries, promoting offers and interceding on behalf of unhappy customers who tweet about it. The same service has [...] Continue reading Telstra expands Twitter presence ONE of the great anomalies of the Australian broadband industry is the existence of usage caps, which around the world are virtually non-existent. In the US, some internet providers have talked of a 250 gigabytes-a-month limit. That has led to consumer outrage that forced those providers to desist lest they lose customers. This is despite [...] Continue reading ISPs should pay no mind to the cap Where do we get these experts from? From under some rock? They may well be correct that using todays applications and understanding 100 megabits is not needed. But what about tomorrow? Why is the emphasis on entertainment? I am sure that these experts see the internet itself as being unnecessary because they can not seem [...] Continue reading Why don’t they get it ? High-speed broadband ‘not necessary for most homes’ http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/06/18/2601549.htm Quote Councils give up on e-waste collections Sydney’s northern beach councils will stop collecting or disposing of electronic waste, such as computers or television sets, in a bid to put pressure on the Federal Government. From January next year Manly, Warringah, Pittwater and Mosman Councils will not accept electronic waste at waste stations [...] Continue reading E – waste Spammers come out of the woodwork, they sniff out these installs and proceed to be a pain in the bum. www.stopforumspam.com Works for me and it has not let one through yet, of course when theyever get through one button removes their existence completely. The majority of spammers emails never even get to first base [...] Continue reading Spam hasn’t improved This blog is opensource software, my shop is opensource software, I am playing with opensource auction software, I ran an adserver using opensource software and the bulletin board is opensource. Incredible stuff but a lot of generous people – thanks The successful completion of the cron job. The integration of the elusive statcounter. The wandering through the untagged posts. Enough for today. www.telepoint.biz for heat exchangers and filter bags |
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