Do you have to step outside your house or office before you can make or receive mobile phone calls? This is a common problem in geographical areas where mobile phone signal is weak, often referred to as a mobile-black-spot...
Run out of things to watch on Australian Netflix, Prime, Foxtel, ABC, SBS, 7,9 & 10? Even before my coronavirus-self-isolation it was increasingly difficult to find new programs to watch in Australia (especially if your looking for something humorous...
Doing these 5 things makes running a small or micro-business a lot easier. 1. Get a 2nd computer or iPad with your emails and business documents on it, and stop stressing out when your main one breaks down!! Once...
Does your Wi-Fi reach all corners of your house? …or is your family tied to the room where your modem is located? Why does our Wi-Fi not extend further and why is it so slow? Modems supplied by...
Confused about the abundance of TV streaming services available in Australia in 2020? You are not alone…. much has changed since we published the original article back in 2016 Some companies have folded while others have emerged, TV services...
PENTANET is our preferred Internet Service Provider and is WA based and owned The IT Guys (WA) are proudly Western Australian owned and operated and we believe in promoting and supporting other WA companies. Pentanet offer NBN and Fixed-Wireless...
Besides Australian NBN and Mobile Broadband services, Fibre and Fixed Wireless Internet Services are also available from Independent companies. Many fibre and wireless networks such as those owned by Telstra and Optus, were purchased by NBN to form part...
Mobile Broadband If you use a smart-phone you are already using mobile-broadband to receive emails, messages and browse websites. Mobile-Broadband is similar to NBN-Wireless Internet in the fact that Internet and Telephone services are transmitted over radio-waves from the...
Telephone and Internet options in Australia By 2021 most residential customers in Australia will have been moved off the traditional copper-line based ADSL internet services and onto wired or wire-less internet and telephone technologies. As an NBN Accredited Adviser,...
There are 4 speed-tiers offered by the NBN and differing ISP’s offer one or more of them. To confuse matters further, each company gives the speed tiers their own special names. The deals you see plastered on the...
Case Study in extending Wi-Fi through a brick and tile single storey house using Amplifi Router and Meshpoint Extenders. Modems supplied by major ISP’s (Telstra, Optus, iiNet, Westnet, TPG etc.) provide adequate speed when connect by ethernet cable, but...
The IT Guys assisted in presenting an NBN Q&A Session at the Nedlands Community Care centre to 61 Western Suburbs Seniors including a small number aged over 85. The Presenters were John Kirkby of the IT Guys (WA), Brian...
Australia’s High Speed Internet is being rolled out by the NBN Company. One of the Technologies being employed is HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coaxial) HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coaxial) – The HFC Network belongs to Telstra/Foxtel/Optus up until February 2016. They were...
Need Network, Internet and Wi-Fi testing/fixing in Perth? The IT Guys (WA) are experts in Network, Internet and Wi-Fi design, installation and troubleshooting. In addition to our FREE articles and advice in our Blog on Internet, Wi-Fi and Networking,...
Being an OPTUS mobile client we added an extra ADSL line to Optus some months ago…. big mistake. OPTUS maybe great as a mobile provider but pretty poor as an ISP. After weeks of trying to get it connected we...