Stories about BigPond

Telstra boosts cable speeds to 100Mbps
Telstra is ready to flick the switch on Melbourne’s upgraded 100Mbps cable broadband network, but users wait to learn the price for having Australia’s fastest home Internet...
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Aussie home broadband connections tip past the 50% mark
Despite one in every two Australian homes having a fixed broadband connection, we barely make it into the Top 20 list of countries with the highest penetration of home broadband.
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Telstra complaints skyrocket 240% during the Trujillo years
Telstra customers lodge a complaint at a rate of one every six minutes, says the Government’s telecoms ombudsman, while Big Pond beefs have also risen 65% over the last quarter.
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Tivo and Internode: unlimited movie downloads
With the economy in decline, it's no wonder that people are ditching the video store for online movie downloads -- a trend that Tivo and Internode hope to capitalise on.
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Telstra to upgrade cable to 100Mbit/s
Melbourne, you lucky bastards. You'll be surfing at 100Mbit/s by Christmas, according to Telstra.
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Stuff the iPhone: Telstra to launch its own App Store
Telstra is working on an Apple-style app store for mobile phones. The icon even looks like Apple's one.
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Internode offers ADSL2+ across "entire Telstra ADSL footprint"
Internode now has the same ADSL2+ coverage as Telstra, but will "stop customers hurting themselves" by signing on to a Telstra-based service if there is any other option.
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NAMED AND SHAMED: the most complained-about ISPs
The results are in: the top 10 ISPs in Australia. But they won't exactly be popping champagne corks.
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Telstra chops wireless broadband prices - again!
Telstra has scrapped excess usage fees and bumped up download allowances on a selection of its Next G mobile broadband plans.
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BigPond: talk to a computer, then the Philippines
Telstra BigPond customers with technical problems can look forward to talking to a computer for 10 minutes before speaking to someone in the Philippines.
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It's a miracle! BigPond slashes wireless prices
It was miraculous enough when Telstra's controversial PR chief Phil Burgess announced he was leaving; now Telstra has dropped pricing on wireless broadband significantly.
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Telstra attacks home broadband with WiFi Next G router
Can’t get ADSL or cable, or leech off your neighbour’s wireless network? Telstra’s new gateways convert Next G into Wi-Fi.
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Save money -- use BigPond maths!
Here's how to use Telstra's illogical pricing against it to save money.
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PRICE WAR: Apple 40% off iTunes, BigPond 50% off Music
A tit-for-tat price war has broken out between telco giant Telstra and iPod-maker Apple over music pricing, with massive price cuts as both try to win customers from each other.
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BigPond blocking VoIP on new modem
BigPond blocking VoIP on new modem BigPond has started distributing new 2wire modems, but is deliberately blocking the modem's hardware capability to do VoIP.
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