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When March 1 hit and social distancing was imposed, Deakin University, like many organisations, were forced to rethink how it would help its 10,500 staff and 62,000 students, including some located overseas, work and learn online during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, for the Melbourne-based university, offering online learning to students was not completely alien. Deakin […] More
Image: ACCC In usual quarters, the total bandwidth purchased by retailers from NBN increases by a percentage in the low teens, but not this quarter. But in its latest Wholesale Market Indicators Report, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has said total capacity purchased on the network grew 40% to 17.8Tbps, while the average […] More
Image: NBN Aussie Broadband has said that from Friday, May 29, it will begin offering a 1000/50Mbps plan on the National Broadband Network (NBN) to its customers. Customers will be able to take up the service with unlimited data for AU$150 a month, with prices for the telco’s 250/100Mbps unlimited plan falling by AU$10 to […] More
Research released by the company responsible for deploying the National Broadband Network (NBN) has revealed how 83% of respondents said they could not have completed their jobs without access to fast broadband. The Behaviour Change survey, conducted by Venture Insights and commissioned by NBN in April, investigated Australians’ internet usage habits before and during social […] More
Image: Nathan Hopkins/Telstra Australia’s incumbent telco Telstra has announced the availability of its first 5G hotspot capable of supporting millimetre wave (mmWave) frequencies. The 5G Wi-Fi Pro will cost AU$600, or AU$25 over two years, and comes with a colour display, a gigabit ethernet port, USB port, 4500 mAH battery that is said to last […] More
Image: Monash University A group of researchers from Monash, Swinburne, and RMIT universities have claimed that they have successfully tested and recorded the world’s fastest internet data speed of 44.2Tbps using a single optical chip known as a micro-comb. The findings, published in the Nature Communications journal, revealed how the data speed achieved has the […] More
We take you on a tour of some hidden (and free) gems at the Internet Archive. Who knew? It’s a gold mine of old-timey science fiction happiness. More
Leveraging its wifi, virtual Bluetooth LE and analytics technologies, Mist Systems on Thursday announced a series of new services designed to help organizations implement on-site contact tracing. The new services come as organizations of all kinds think about ways to safely bring employees and customers back to their physical locations amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. […] More
