Monthly Archive for July, 2008

Telstra Broadband Outage

Telstra experienced an unplanned outage from approximately 4:25pm on Friday afternoon the 18th of July until 4:48am on Sunday the 20th July. This outage affected Internet Access for all Telstra/Bigpond Broadband customers (except users on NextG). Some customers who access their internet from other ISPs, may have also experienced outages of their service temporarily as well. The issue was infrastructure related, meaning that anyone who uses it to access the internet (Exetel, Optus, CE Internet etc) would have also been affected. Thankfully the issue was treated as priority and service was restored within 48 hours.

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Telstra Broadband Service Status

AdvanceIT Security Box

The public trial of the AdvanceIT Security Box has now commenced. The AdvanceIT Security Box, is a small computer that sits between your home internet connection, and your computer. Once installed and configured, it eliminates the need to have ANY Antivirus, Antispyware, Antiadware, Firewall or other Internet Security software installed. If you feel that Norton Internet Security, or PC-cillin Internet Security or McAfee Internet Security Suite is slowing your computer down, and preventing you from getting the most out of your PC, then the AdvanceIT Security Box is for you!

The AdvanceIT Security Box scans and filters all inbound and outbound internet traffic (websites, email, instant messaging, VoIP and more) to and from your computer, for viruses, and other unwanted software and content. You can even tune it to protect your family members from unwanted websites and content. Say goodbye to expensive “Net Nanny” software.

Participation in the trial is free, including the initial installation and configuration! That’s right, we’ll come to your residence or business, install and configure the Security Box, and remove all the additional software from your computer, that you will no longer need. In one visit, we will bump up your internet security ten-fold, and improve your computing and internet browsing experience at the same time!

But wait, there’s more! The Security Box has another great feature. It allows us (at your discreet permission) to provide you with remote assistance to your computer (or computers) for free! If you have a Security Box installed, you can Use This Page, to request remote assistance with your computer, for free!

To participate in the trial, please Use This Page, to contact us and register your interest. While this trial is open to anyone and everyone, we only have a limited supply of Trial Security Boxes available. We would like to encourage users of high internet usage to come forward and trial the Security Box, over those who only access the internet 2-3 times a week for short periods of time. You must also have a Broadband Internet Connection (any connection type except Dial-Up).

Improve your Internet Browsing and Computing Experience! Get a Security Box, Today!

If you would like more information about the Security Box, continue reading below or feel free to contact us via telephone, email, or use our Contact page.

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