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Back-to-school guide: Prepaid mobile broadband

Heading back to school or university? A mobile broadband package may help you get off to a good start in 2010!

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News about broadband

Article | 23/05/2012 Groups launch gigabit-per-second broadband project
An Ohio startup company has raised US$200 million to fund gigabit-per-second broadband projects in six university communities across the U.S., the com...
Article | 23/05/2012 VoIP provider files net neutrality complaint with FCC
A Florida VoIP carrier has filed a net neutrality complaint against a Georgia utility and broadband provider, after the utility accused the VoIP firm ...
Article | 22/05/2012 Education group: Schools need 100 Mbps per 1,000 broadband users
Schools in the U.S. will need broadband speeds of 100 Mbps per 1,000 students and staff members by the 2014-15 school year in order to meet a growing ...
Article | 22/05/2012 Alcatel-Lucent offers managed service to improve mobile network performance
Mobile operators that want help keeping their subscribers happy can get it through a new managed service from Alcatel-Lucent, the company said on Mond...
Article | 10/05/2012 Ericsson lets operators speed up mobile, fixed networks using caching
Using caching technology from Akamai Technologies, Ericsson's Smart Cloud Accelerator, announced Wednesday, is designed to allow operators to improve ...

Tutorials about broadband

Article | 24/08/2010 What is QoS?
Many routers (and modem/routers) offer a QoS feature, which is a handy way of ensuring that, for example, sending email and browsing the Web won't int...
Article | 20/05/2010 How to troubleshoot a faulty Internet connection
Just got back from my folks' house, where Mom and Dad were each encountering the same problem with their respective computers: frequent, sporadic loss...
Article | 25/01/2010 Tethering tutorial: How to use your iPhone as a modem
Using a mobile phone as a modem isn't a new feature — in fact, many smartphones came and went before the iPhone had this capability.
Article | 12/05/2009 How to troubleshoot your broadband connection
If you’re having intermittent connection problems then there’s often useful information to be gleaned from your router. Check the log, which lists the...

Features about broadband

Article | 6/01/2011 IT in 2011: Four trends that will change priorities
It's always a challenge for IT departments to anticipate how corporate technical demands will evolve, especially when IT budgets have been as tight as...
Article | 8/12/2010 Four technologies for faster broadband in 2011
A number of different technologies are being developed or improved to offer higher speeds for fixed and mobile broadband networks, as operators are pr...
Article | 30/11/2010 Dell Streak vs. Samsung Galaxy Tab: Tablet showdown
The Dell Streak and the Samsung Galaxy Tab are two of the first tablet devices launched in Australia that are set to compete directly with Apple's iPa...
Article | 19/11/2010 BlackBerry PlayBook vs iPad: tablet showdown
Research in Motion (RIM), makers of BlackBerry smartphones, recently unveiled the "enterprise-ready" 7in touchscreen BlackBerry Playbook tablet, which...
Article | 12/11/2010 What is the National Broadband Network? A glossary of NBN terms
The National Broadband Network will impact every Australian, linking every premises and changing the way we connect with the important things in our l...