Posts Tagged ‘Telstra’
Internode’s BigPond parody, you do the math
Internode are doing a new ad campaign to try and lure BigPond customers across to their service. Whilst most ad campaigns are to try and get the consumer to buy their product, there needs to be some truth about the campaign.
One of Internode’s billboards shows a broken down blue Kombi van with an outback landscape. Most people will identify this as BigPond’s “I’ve been everywhere” campaign – BigPond’s wireless NextG service.
Internode's Billboard (click for full size)
What Internode’s slogan reads is “If you’ve been everywhere man, it’s probably time for an upgrade”. Now as you all know, Telstra have the largest NextG network coverage in Australia, so how can you upgrade? Well Internode aren’t offering a wireless service, they are offering their ADSL2+ Easy Broadband plan.
The billboards which reportedly have cost Internode $350,000 will have 29 shown in Sydney and 10 in Adelaide. The second ad campaign’s slogan says “Are you being taken for a ride?” which again shows the iconic blue Kombi van.
Internode's Billboard (click for full size)
Now why would Internode be trying to push an ADSL2+ connection to those in the outback on NextG wireless? They are most likely on that service due to being in the outback and not having decent telephone cabling or too far from the exchange.
Tags: Internet, Internode, Telstra
Some Updates
Well the past week has been all about work, life and the family. Chell and I have both been busy with work and the kids. We took them down The Strand last Friday for dinner and a swim at the Rockpool.
Chell and I both got tattoo’s, hers is 4 butterflies – each one representing one of the kids, it looks great. Mine is my star sign (Pisces) on the inside of my lower arm. We took the kids to the strand last night too for Phoebe’s birthday, they had fun playing with Phoebe and Jayden. Matt got stung by a bee or something but he is alright.
The kids are back at their dads now for another week. We can’t wait to get them back again. Tonight we’re going to go out clubbin’ and chill after a big week. The thing that sucks is that I work the next 5 days, yes all weekend! I will get a good pay though! 
Well that is all for now, another update completed. I hope all is going well wherever your reading this from.
Tags: Clubbing, Tattoos, Telstra
Time off work… Thinking
Well, I’ve had 3 days off work which has allowed me to think about everything quite a lot, that’s all I seem to be doing lately, just sitting around thinking. I’ve been talking to Chell and Josh lately, which has been good.
I’m still up in the air about if I’m going to stay in Townsville or move to Melbourne. I do like Townsville, and I have a good job here, but the place is just too small. I’ve still got friends here (you know who you are), which is a reason to stay. I will probably stay for another 12 months or so, depending on what happens.
I washed the car yesterday, but it rained last night which totally sucked. I was hoping to polish it today sometime, but will most likely have to re-wash it again.
Well, that’s all for now. I hope everyone is well, stay tuned for my next update.
Tags: Telstra
Changes
A lot of stuff has changed this past month. Some things that are bad, other things that have been good. Work at Telstra is going good, but it seems that I’m stuck in a rut there, nothing seems to be progressing as quick as I intended.
I haven’t made a definate decision yet, but an opportunity has risen at the mine’s where I can work, make a lot of money and save up some cash. I guess it would be a good choice to go for it. I would have a stable job, good income and it will get me out of Townsville for a fortnight at a time, so would make a lot of people happy.
I hope things are going well for everyone, and if anyone decides to travel overseas for work / pleasure I hope they have a safe flight and reap the rewards they are looking for. I hope everything works out for everyone in the future and they have success in what ever they are doing, me included.
Tags: Telstra
Busy at work
Well the past two days at work have been crazy, I thought Monday would be quite crazy as usual start of the week dilemmas, but even tonight has been crazy. So many calls to take, so many different problems that take like 40 minutes or more to fix, and trying to talk people through doing things when they don’t understand computers to well is a nightmare.
One of the biggest issues at the moment is BigPond releasing the NextG connection manager update (version 2.10.4), which mutilates peoples connections, is a real pain. Generally resetting the TCP Stack and a simple reset of the winsock resolves the issue, but I thought there would be some QA that has to be done before releasing updated software.
On another note, Rachelle starts work again at TTH, which is quite cool. She is now casual, so she gets to choose which shifts she wants, now that is awesome. I also applied for salary sacrificing of a new notebook for myself through work, which I should get in time for my birthday which will be a good present. A new computer for myself, it’s only been about 7 years since I last updated.
Well that is all for now, my ranting about work is over.
Goodnight