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Sick of being stuck with low internet speeds out in the sticks? Want to free yourself from your low-quality rural cable, DSL, or — you poor devil — modem charges and speeds? SpaceX is finally cracking open the door to its Starlink low-earth orbit (LEO) internet service. The June 13 launch carried 58 Starlink satellites […] More
For many people working from home, VPN connections are a source of frustration because unless they’ve been set up with split tunnelling to separate traffic that needs to be on the corporate network from general web browsing, there’s seldom enough bandwidth to go around. But individual users are using VPNs to keep their IP address […] More
Image: Singtel NEC has been appointed by the Asia Direct Cable (ADC) Consortium to build a 9,400-kilometre submarine cable that will connect Hong Kong, China’s Guangdong province, Japan, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Scheduled to be completed by the fourth quarter of 2022, the cable will be designed to carry more than 140Tbps of […] More
(Image: NBN) The company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) across Australia has detailed why 500 premises across the South Australian electorates of Boothby and Mayo were shifted onto satellites and did not get fixed line or fixed wireless service. Responding to Senate Estimates Questions on Notice, NBN said in Mayo it had […] More
The New Zealand Ministry of Education (MoE) has signed on CommScope to deliver Wi-Fi 6 connectivity to 2,500 schools across the country under a NZ$28 million contract. As part of the deal, CommScope will deploy up to 38,000 Wi-Fi 6 access points and 12,000 multi-gig switches to enable faster and reliable connection across multiple connected […] More
Image: Juniper, ZDNet A group of 13 US senators has sent an open letter today to networking equipment vendor Juniper Networks, asking the company to publish the results of its internal investigation into the origins of a suspected NSA backdoor mechanism discovered in its firewall products in late 2015. “It has now been over four […] More
Image: Juniper, ZDNet A group of 13 US government officials has sent an open letter today to networking equipment vendor Juniper Networks, asking the company to publish the results of its internal investigation into the origins of a suspected NSA backdoor mechanism discovered in its firewall products in late 2015. “It has now been over […] More
When cord-cutting became a thing, it was all about saving money. Now, cord-cutting costs are catching up with cable. Just Disney Plus is $13 a month with its must-watch package of Marvel Universe, Star Wars, and Disney films. Netflix is $13 a month, too. Plus, with internet TV streaming services such as AT&T TV Now, […] More
