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  Since the first announcements about the National Broadband Network were unveiled by the government, speed tiers originally planned with the “pure fibre” nbn® rollout became a fixed expectation for many. With changing conditions and the diverse geographic features of the Australian continent, the nbn® has had to adjust its rollout through a mixed technology approach,… View Article

  A project to help save the world’s largest nesting site for thousands of green sea turtles has been bolstered with nbn® Sky Muster® satellite connectivity by Activ8me, Australia’s largest nbn® satellite broadband provider. Raine Island, on the remote northern tip of the Great Barrier Reef, is the nesting site for around 60,000 green turtles every year. Spanning… View Article

Activ8me have joined a project to help save the world’s largest nesting site for thousands of green sea turtles has been bolstered with nbn® Sky Muster® satellite connectivity by Activ8me, Australia’s largest nbn® satellite broadband provider. Activ8me Chief Technology Officer, Rob Gallesio, visited Raine Island with the project team during one of their research trips in order to… View Article

Activ8me are proud to be a bronze level sponsor for this year’s Broadband for the Bush Alliance forum, a 2 day conference held in Freemantle centered around advancements in technology and addressing gaps between internet access for those in rural and remote areas compared to their metro counterparts. The forum has an overarching theme of… View Article

Activ8me Corporate Sales representative Scott Cogley visited Perth last month for the Austmine 2017 conference, a 2 day event bringing together those working in the mining industry and those working to improve the industry and experiences. Scott described the conference as providing him with a greater understanding into the mining industry as a whole, with the… View Article

Activ8me currently have an offer for customers on certain POI’s to receive $100 credit when they join by June 30* – but do you know what a POI is? POI stands for Point Of Interconnect. For an end-user, your internet experience may be as simple as just connecting your home, but in reality there’s a… View Article

NBN Co have just passed another milestone, with over 5 million Australian properties now able to order an nbn® service to their home. The organisation was relying on the rollout of their Fibre to the node technologies to help close in on their target (5.4 million premises ready for service by June 30, 2017), and… View Article

The nbn® have recently implemented 147 network fixes and optimisations following feedback from those already on the service, in an attempt to improve user experience and reach stability. Many users are beginning to draw attention to the “data drought” perceived by many in rural and regional areas of Australia, many with no other access to internet or… View Article

When was the last time you investigated how much you spend each month on your phone bill? Although many Australians have moved away from having an active landline, instead relying on mobile, there are still many that have both. This leaves them paying two phone bills a month, something that is becoming less necessary. It’s… View Article

The “official” retirement age in Australia is set to rise up to 70 years old by 2035, and currently sits at 65. Aussie workers over 50 are struggling to find traditional full-time roles. The University of South Australia recently ran a study into the area that showed older job seekers are looking for work for… View Article