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The Future of Smart Farming and the Internet of Things

With predictions of significant population growth and the impending demands on Australian farmers to increase their production in order to meet Australia’s needs as well as export needs, the importance of utilising new technologies to make smarter decisions and allocate farming resources efficiently is of the highest priority. A large part of these advances will… View Article

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26 June 2018

How Sky Muster satellite technology helps nbn™ outperform in the snow

As the Australian snow season starts, we thought we’d take a look at how the Sky Muster Satellite delivers nbn® internet to the slopes with better service than ever before. So whether you’re in Falls Creek, Hotham, Mt Buller or Thredbo – this means better Netflix streaming after a day on the slopes and easier… View Article

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15 June 2018

Remote Access Scams: How to be safe checklist.

Technology in the online space is advancing more quickly than ever before, and if you’re someone who’s not particularly interested in or who doesn’t have a lot of knowledge about online services and security it can be confusing. It can be so confusing that scammers are now targeting people with what’s known as “Remote Access… View Article

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8 June 2018

Activ8me and Thirsty Cow: helping rural Aussie farmers in need

It’s no secret that our rural farmers are doing it tough. Besides dealing with the hardship of business due to natural disasters like fire, flood, and drought; the extreme isolation that is an everyday reality for many farmers and their families can take an additional toll on their emotional and mental health. According to an… View Article

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30 May 2018

Connecting your internet with Opticomm.

If you’ve moved or are looking at moving into new housing developments like Oran Park, Springfield lakes, Lara, as well as many others, you’re probably familiar with the Opticomm name. To put it simply, Opticomm are a company that have built their own fibre network in order to provide new residential and commercial estates with… View Article

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10 Jan 2018

Almost 100,000 homes about to reach NBN cut off date

Close to 100,000 homes and businesses in Australia may reach the end of January and discover their existing ADSL network is no more, as their timeline to join the NBN comes to an end leaving them without internet or phone connections. The National Broadband Network has a goal to offer a connection to all Australian… View Article

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20 Dec 2017

NBN launch new NBN Regional web page

The National Broadband Network (nbn) have today launched a new web page directed towards those in regional, remote and rural areas of Australia. While those in metro areas are more likely to be connected to a form of fixed line internet (HFC, FTTN, FTTP etc), those further away from major cities are largely connected through… View Article

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14 Dec 2017

Free data for Sky Muster customers starts Friday!

An early holiday gift from Activ8me We’re giving all Activ8me Sky Muster customers 5GB of peak data FREE, each week in the lead up to Christmas and New Years! Activ8me are giving you a total of 20GB extra to use, with 5GB added to your account each Friday for 4 weeks, starting this week (December… View Article

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1 Dec 2017

More data for you this Christmas, from Australia's #1 Sky Muster provider

The Christmas countdown has begun! Whether you’re planning to have the whole family over for the festive season or just stay in with your loved ones, a bit of extra data can always help keep extra eyes entertained, as well as save you from that one relative who might feel like using all your data!… View Article

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2 Nov 2017

Scamwatch warns Aussies to remain alert after fake NBN calls

ScamWatch, an organisation managed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has issued a warning about scammers posing as representatives of the National Broadband Network (nbn®), known to be targeting senior Australians. These callers are posing as nbn® agents and through a conversation are extracting personal information such as full name, birthdate, addresses and… View Article

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27 Oct 2017

NBN trialling copper diagnosis tool

The NBN have directed their attention to the copper wiring in peoples homes as a potential cause of dropouts and poor download speeds for those on FTTN/FTTC connections. The organisation has announced the trial of a new diagnostic tool, with the goal of being able to find out if a home has faults within copper… View Article

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