What is contention NBN Launtel Tasmania Internet speeds

Why you should know about a contention ratio on NBN…

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You might not be surprised to hear this, but I like talking to people about the internet, even if they’re not customers of ours. A comment I’m hearing more and more is that people are feeling their internet is getting slower. This set me thinking about the disconnect between what most people think they are
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Gigabit Tasmania Manifesto NBN Business Internet

The GigaState Project

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You may have heard that the team at Launtel are preparing to turn on gigabit speed NBN Internet in Launceston at the end of May. It’s important to pause for moment and answer a few pertinent questions about why we’re doing this, what it will mean for businesses in Tasmania and why we think, frankly,
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Phishing Emails Little Bytes Launtel

What are Phishing Emails?

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Phishing is a type of email fraud in which the perpetrator sends out emails that appear to come from a legitimate service or reputable company, such as a bank or an email service provider. These emails aim to lure recipients to reveal confidential information that the perpetrator can use for their financial advantage – for
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NOT FOR PROFIT TED TALK CHARITY

Let’s think about changing how we change the world…

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  launtel are not here to just provide kick-arse phone solutions and the best broadband network in Australia, we actually want to make the world a better place too. As we grow, we’ve been thinking about how we do that. Do we sponsor things? Do we provide funding to third world countries? Do we empower
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AVC charge Launtel little bytes bites

What’s an AVC charge on the NBN?

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  When you sign up for an NBN connection, your Internet Service Provider (ISP) must purchase a connection to your house from NBN Co. One of the costs associated with this connection is the Access Virtual Circuit (AVC) cost. The AVC cost is fixed every month and only varies in price depending on the peak
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Megabit verse Megabyte Launtel little bytes bites

The difference between a Megabit and a Megabyte

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  The confusion between these two terms is caused by people being lazy about how they write or talk about them. While they’re both about data, they’re quite different in how they are used. A Megabyte (MB) is a measurement of an amount of data, so your document or picture is so many MB. A
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