Stages in the Learning Journey
Kate Carruthers Speaking with friends who are educators of the young one, thing has become apparent. The idea that learning is achieved by building foundations or layers of knowledge is passe. The…
technology
The coming integration of IT and biotechnology …
I just saw Susan Greenfield – a.k.a. Baroness Professor Susan Greenfield – on a television chat show. She is a pioneering scientist, entrepreneur, communicator of science, policy adviser, and an…
Gmail – progress to date
Gmail is a fabulous idea. But I cannot wait until it gets out of beta. Current performance issues have been a little frustrating, as has the problem in receiving emails…
Professionalism & IT (or not as the case may be)
Aaargh!! It is an unending source of amazement to me that our society will not let a hairdresser cut your hair or a mechanic fix your car unless they’ve done…
Whirlpool News – Telstra to stop rolling out pair gain (2002-Oct-2)
This from 2002: Whirlpool News – Telstra to stop rolling out pair gain Many people (including me) are still suffering from this stupidity and cupidity of Telstra! They knew pair…
War of words erupts over Telstra service levels, pricing: ZDNet Australia (13 Mar 2002)
These issues with pair gain go way back and Telstra is still avoiding the problem! Here’s some more evidence: War of words erupts over Telstra service levels, pricing: ZDNet Australia:…
Pair Gain Victims – Senator Kate Lundy’s website
Anyone who has a similar problem with pair gain should let Senator Lundy know, her website is at www.katelundy.com.au where she says: “Send me an email senator.lundy@aph.gov.au about your problems…
More on Telstra & Pair Gain …
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…
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…