Telstra

This afternoon my wife received a text message from Telstra (yes actually Telstra) with a pretty neat new offer. The SMS reads: Great news, we've added 5G access to your mobile number XXXXXXXXX for 6 months at no extra cost. We'll be in touch before the end of 6 months to notify you on how to keep your 5G access.Wondering how your speed is...

2021 will go down as one of the worst years for spam messages. While our email services like gmail offer pretty sophisticated AI to determine what's junk and what's legit, traditional SMS messages have become vectors for a lot of scam messages this year. Generally, these have been fairly easy to spot to the trained observer, but given these contain links, it is easy...

Telstra has announced the official launch of their 5G Home & Business Internet service, which brings serious competition to the offerings by the NBN. Telstra says that users should expect a ridiculously fast, average typical download speed of 378Mbps during the busy 7pm – 11pm period (typical evening speeds can range between 50Mbps – 600Mbps). Unlike the 5G mobile plans that vary quite a lot in capacity and price, there is a very simple, single plan on offer here, with...

Home internet from Telstra could be on 5G as well.

Telstra is putting the fut down on its 5G rollout.

While COVID19 has had most of working from home, Telstra has been hard at work continuing the rollout of its 5G network. Today, Telstra has announced they have achieved 5G coverage in more than 40% of locations where Australians live, work or travel to. Telstra Group Executive, Networks & IT, Nikos Katinakis said Telstra had reached a new national milestone for population coverage as...

Telstra and Ericsson have set a new record for peak download speeds, hitting a mega 4.2Gbps. The speed was achieved using the 5G mmWave technology on the 800MHz spectrum. This represents a doubling of previous capacity and speeds and reinforces our position as one of the leaders in mmWave and 5G technology globally. At this point, it's probably worth pointing out that even with the...

Meet the Telstra 5G Wi-Fi Pro. It is the first 5G mmWave mobile device in Australia. As you know Telstra already has its 5G network available in Australia and it's growing. After making a commitment to increase its 5G coverage area and what was 35 cities, 47 metro and regional locations now have access to 5G. More than 700 suburbs now have more than 50%...