More on Telstra & Pair Gain …
Kate Carruthers The more I find out about this the more annoying it is … It has been a year since this was written, but NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN THE PAST YEAR!…
Australia is a Broadband Backwater
Daniel’s points are all too true! Australia is a broadband backwater and it is all due to the incompetence of Telstra. They have a number of practices that have worked…
ALP Politics in Australia Getting Weirder …
Just when you think politics here is settling down to the usual pre-election party favour handout phase someone somewhere does something entertaining. This last week it has been the adoption…
John Howard, Australia and the United States
I keep wondering when John Howard will go to the next logical step? First we became the deputy sheriff for the US in Asia, then we went to war by…
5 Patterns of Extraordinary Careers: some interesting ideas for the ambitious person
Found this site in my wanderings the other day when I was supposed to be studying for an exam. It is based on a book called The 5 Patterns of…
More on getting ADSL in Sydney – evil Telstra still trying to stop me
The next installment in my continued quest to obtain late 20th century broadband access in the 21st century … Phoned Telstra and was advised “you have pair gain there is…
MBA – still value for money?
The other day a friend who has just completed an MBA from a prestigious university was disconsolate to read an article by Tim Dodd in the Australian Financial Review (AFR,…
3rd world telecommunications in Australia
It is very annoying to live in an allegedly civilized and technically advanced society only to find out that one is unable to get access to broadband services since the…
Why are all telcos unable to manage any customer service at all?
Recent experiences with two different telcos add up to the same thing – shockingly poor customer service. #1 There have been a series of problems with one of the web…
Australian software awards 2004
Was on a judging panel for the Australian Consensus Software Awards yesterday. It is fascinating how much really good software is out there, innovative and clever stuff. The winners are…