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Thursday, 01 August 2019 11:58

Big Warehouse pays ACCC penalty, compensates customers

Online spare parts retailer Big Warehouse has paid a $12,600 penalty after the ACCC issued an infringement notice against the company for allegedly breaching Australian Consumer Law (ACL) by misleading a consumer about their consumer guarantee rights in relation to spare parts they had ordered.

Published in Technology Regulation

Thursday, 27 June 2019 15:29

ACCC initiates court action against Optus over NBN disconnection claims

The competition regulator, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, has instituted proceedings in the Federal Court against Optus Internet and Optus Mobile, alleging the company misled consumers about the need to move to the NBN or risk being disconnected.

Published in Telecoms & NBN

Tuesday, 18 June 2019 11:08

New electricity code to enforce compliance by energy retailers

Energy retailers in South East Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia must comply with obligations under a new Electricity Retail Code which will come into force from 1 July this year.

Published in Energy

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Re: iTWire - nbn claims '5G long-range transmission world record' for fixed wireless

This was expected outcomes. Stealing the backhaul for utter exploitable hackable crap purely designed for handshaking interception and spying. Actual[…]
Re: iTWire - WiFi 6E uses 6GHz band to faster, congestion-free WiFi: Netgear first to deliver a 6E router

congestion free ? not noise free ! SCAM. More Krack exploits on the way for this snake oil. Ethernet works.
Re: iTWire - nbn claims '5G long-range transmission world record' for fixed wireless

How high are the hills?Another publicity effort from the NBN diversion team?
Re: iTWire - nbn claims '5G long-range transmission world record' for fixed wireless

I wonder how many drop-outs it gets?