Good value if purchased with a plan, the telstra’s speed impresses

Significant competition from the likes of Optus@Home recently has given cause for Telstra BigPond to devise flat-rate pricing plans that have opened up its cable service to the residential market.

As mobiles have gotten more sophisticated and popular over the past few years, it was inevitable that the humble home phone would get a makeover, and the first such 'mobilised' landline phone is Telstra's F3000.

The form of DSL offered by BigPond is ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), meaning that the upload speed is lower than the download speed.

Is Australia’s biggest telco beset by parasites? PC Authority looks at Telstra’s new strategy to win over our hearts and minds.

Our unparalleled test of mobile broadband returns, comparing the three fastest services on offer in Australia. Read PC Authority's full comparative results drawn from exhaustive testing with real-world data.

The Senate’s block of a Howard Government plan to fully privatise Telstra could trigger an early election. However Telstra needs to improve customer service, independents argue.

How will you be computing in the next 12 months? PC Authority brings you 2005's big technology stories - before they happen.

370 telephone exchanges to be upgraded within the next week in giant rollout.

Telstra has launched a new signal-sensitive mobile phone, specifically for use in country areas on the Next G network.

Telstra announces Blackberry Bold plans, but is the iPhone 3G better value?We examine what Telstra customers should be buying.

Telstra have units on July 11th -- and they're even talking pricing.

The telco launches a broadside at OPEL project, questioning the $1 billion budget for a network that isn’t here yet.

New slim USB modem offers 7.2Mbps data, onboard storage and, of course, Telstra's interesting take on wireless data pricing.

Australian broadband now half way there: continues to live on prayer