Comments on: Internet Dependancy and the 15-Minute People http://sprovoost.nl/2008/06/13/internet-dependancy-and-the-15-minute-people/ All about me Sun, 24 Jan 2010 12:40:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: samotage http://sprovoost.nl/2008/06/13/internet-dependancy-and-the-15-minute-people/comment-page-1/#comment-6585 samotage Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:25:45 +0000 http://sprovoost.nl/?p=78#comment-6585 I suspect what you have stumbled on is a unique Australian Innovation called "fraudband" created by Telecom Australia (...the telstra branding is just a whitewash...) and instituted by the Australian government. Now, that some aspects of real broadband are available here in Australia, it seems that our Pavlovian leaders need to moderate when and what we see, including the speeds - hence the "Clean Feed"... I suspect what you have stumbled on is a unique Australian Innovation called “fraudband” created by Telecom Australia (…the telstra branding is just a whitewash…) and instituted by the Australian government.

Now, that some aspects of real broadband are available here in Australia, it seems that our Pavlovian leaders need to moderate when and what we see, including the speeds – hence the “Clean Feed”…

]]> By: Erik http://sprovoost.nl/2008/06/13/internet-dependancy-and-the-15-minute-people/comment-page-1/#comment-6582 Erik Tue, 18 Nov 2008 12:45:19 +0000 http://sprovoost.nl/?p=78#comment-6582 I think nowadays you have to have some kind of mobile internet device. Get one of those small and cheap 9 or 10" notebooks. Acer has a pretty cheap one with Linux. With WiFi you find enough free hotspots (you have to click on a link or banner most of the time, so autoconnect doesn't work - first click!) At the two hotels where I stayed when I arrived here charged 49 and 79 cents per minute (!!!) but caped to about $30 per day. That's like Europe 10 ago. I think nowadays you have to have some kind of mobile internet device. Get one of those small and cheap 9 or 10″ notebooks. Acer has a pretty cheap one with Linux. With WiFi you find enough free hotspots (you have to click on a link or banner most of the time, so autoconnect doesn’t work – first click!)

At the two hotels where I stayed when I arrived here charged 49 and 79 cents per minute (!!!) but caped to about $30 per day. That’s like Europe 10 ago.

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