ideas
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: senator.lundy@aph.gov.au
technology
innovation
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’s broadband infrastructure just can’t get the tangle out of the line. A report this week suggests that some
innovation
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 against take-up of these solutions. So much for the clever country? Daniels Blog: I think the root of
ideas
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 nothing that can be done". They essentially told me to go away and stop bothering them. Wrote email to
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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 phone lines here are pair gain. I live in a major city in Australia, just one of the outer suburbs
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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 not announced for a few weeks - but info will be on the Consensus site fairly soon. It is also
cybersecurity
Good post on women in security
There is an interesting commentary on women in security on www.oneeyedcrow.net "Okay, rant time. In quick succession, the subject of women in the security field has come up several times this week. Many of the male security geeks I know have no idea why there aren'
gender & sexism
Women in technology - is it really as bad as they say?
There are a number of womens' groups that I participate in, several of these are related to women in technology. The feeling seems to be that hardly any women are in positions of influence and that there is something wrong with this. There was a recent article by Bob