Mum’s Internet Service Provider

Mum has been trying for months to get her ISP (Optus) to make the Wireless Broadband connection to her home work. She has had almost a total blackout and been unable to even connect to the service. The happy friendly people at Optus customer support have been delighted to make her jump through all kind […]

Asus EeePC 1005P Netbook review

Just a quick review. First impressions really. Mum bought the machine for her use so she could use Skype and emails. I have spent many hours over the last few days teaching her to access them so that gives her level of user. The computer was sourced from Dick Smith’s at Maroochydore in Queensland and […]

Dodo Wireless Broadband

Dodo rang today and offered me a very good deal on wireless broadband. For various reasons I have been keeping dial-up. Whenever I have looked up wireless broadband there has seemed to be no coverage here. The 3G network  belonging to Optus is covering us now. One cool thing about the modem. It has a […]

Mobile Phones and the rip-off

For most of the people I know one of the constant unexpected costs are the size and composition of their mobile phone bill. My mother just got caught by entering an Optus competition. She had apparently subscribed to a service without understanding that it was going to cost her squillions every time she called to […]