“The Australian Electoral Commission is planning on using Elon Musk’s Starlink services as back up for transmitting #voting results information in the upcoming federal election.

In a contract published late last year, the #AEC appointed #Telstra responsible for the agency’s fixed line and #Starlink services until mid-2027, in a deal worth $1.38m. A spokesperson for the AEC confirmed Starlink could be used in the upcoming election for *sensitive election data*.”

The question I ask myself is why?

<https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/13/elon-musk-starlink-australia-election-voting-results-aec-contract>

Scammers aren't going to stop scamming because they're making too much money, but thanks to a bit of tech, consumers are becoming more aware. https://www.pickr.com.au/news/2025/telstra-sees-more-scams-auto-identified-across-iphone-android #news #online #phones #telcos #mvno #phonescams #scams #telstra

No wonder my 4G service runs like crap. The opinion of the 4G router I have … now that I have a SIM card for it. C'mon #Telstra … I'm 10km from the CBD of Brisbane, you should be able to do better than this!

The NBN link has just come back … but again, not sure how long it'll stay for.

WOW! yet another #startrek technology comes to pass! But would you trust #Telstra to "beam you up"?

Telstra and Ericsson launch programmable 5G Advanced network https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/telstra-and-ericsson-launch-programmable-5g-advanced-network/ #ericsson #telstra #mobile #developers #telecoms #networks #ai #5g #tech #news #technology

Has anyone else noticed some weird Telstra black spots that have appeared in the last few months? There's an odd one right at the Flinders/Elizabeth St corner; if you're on a tram you have to wait till it's moved forward a bit before it disappears. Another odd one is next to the Children's Hospital. Strange stuff.

Trust.

And the destruction of trust.

Folk used to trust their doctor, bank manager, school principal, ...

Now consumers have no trust.

Pay more for a service?
Who'd trust the corporation not to offer crap-level service and grab the increased profits.
(Gee is #Telstra really considered better service?)

Remember "good corporate citizens" from 15 years ago?
And what they've shown themselves to be since?

"#SocialLicence" has gone.
#CulturalCapture has got corporations defining us.

smh

Why I quit: kernel developer Con Kolivas (2007)
https://web.archive.org/web/20110807150951/http://apcmag.com/why_i_quit_kernel_developer_con_kolivas.htm
#ycombinator #Notebooks #smartphones #phones #mobiles #Windows #Mac #Apple #iPod #iPhone #NSW #VIC #QLD #TAS #New_South_Wales #Queensland #West_Australia #South_Australia #Tasmania #Northern_Territory #Victoria #dual_boot #dualboot #dual_booting #how_to #APC_Magazine #Vista #Windows_7 #computer_help #Intel #AMD #NVIDIA #telstra #optus #computer_shop #best

Ericsson, Telstra, and Qualcomm shatter 5G uplink speed record https://www.telecomstechnews.com/news/ericsson-telstra-qualcomm-shatter-5g-uplink-speed-record/ #ericsson #qualcomm #telstra #connectivity #mobile #telecoms #networks #5g #tech #news #technology

In other dull news, #TIO say it might be 9 weeks until the next escalation gets to my complaint to have #Telstra sort out the errors they have with my #PII so I can activate a SIM.
I have never had a personal or professional dealing with Telstra that hasn't left me scratching my head as to how such a large organization can be so consistently fucking incompetent at all touchpoints.

I’m moving to Wagga soon, and I was checking mobile coverage with Telstra.

Yay, I get 4G… wait no 5G?
Ahh, I see, if you zoom out far enough, the coverage maps shows 5G coverage plastered all over Wagga.

I don’t understand. Shitty web site?

Into the second week of #Telstra not being able to activate a SIM for me due to errors with my details in their systems. I sense their Complaint Manager is even annoyed with their own incompetence now.

New Patreon Post (Subscribers only): Telstra’s buying Boost, but what will that mean for mobile prices in 2025?

#Australia #Telstra #BoostMobile

https://www.patreon.com/posts/telstra-buys-but-117123619?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copyLink&utm_campaign=postshare_creator&utm_content=join_link

I see #Telstra have fully bought-out #Boost now.
Having dealt with both their customer services in the past I am not looking forward to ever having to deal with them from here.

Quick video time, as I ponder on what Telstra buying Boost Mobile will mean for its customers, as well as the wider Australian telco scene.

#Telstra #BoostMobile #Australia #MVNO

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYE3sjxw1Kg

Seriously, #Australia's #2G & #3G #Shutdown and #IMEI-based #Blocklisting WILL inevitably kill people

And the only "tool" there is is #Telstra's Website and just teting random IMEIs only yields two possible results:

1. 'We don't know this device at all'

2. "'We've not blocklisted it'*

Even when testing it with obvious #2Gonly & #3Gonly devices that certainly don't support #VoLTE...

@fixatedpersonsunit

Australia in general loathes people-to-people communications.

It's part of its #authoritarian slavery/oppression/genocide roots.

Proof;
#cbradio was actively fought by the government

#BBS systems were actively fought by (The then Government Telco) #Telstra

National firewall (Like the firewall of China) is in place on the ISP level

Today’s the day that Telstra has planned to shut its last 3G network tower — but I’ve had a bunch of queries around accessibility, imported phones and more, so I’ve written up one last guide (and video) to try to help!

#3G #4G #5G #Australia #Telstra #Optus #Vodafone

https://alexreviewstech.com/3g-in-australia-is-dead-what-happens-next/