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I bought a second hand TP-Link 4G router for $33 on feeBay. I found the 4G download speed inferior to mobile phones, but the upload speed…

I noticed a chip on one of these within a week so had to put on another one. These might be better than the el cheapo no name ones sold on…

JB Mobile deal, when available, provides a $1400 voucher which can be used to offset the phone purchase. However, it requires signing up…

Not happy Android phones are still on USB 3.2 gen 1 (5Gbps). iPhone 15 Pro already supports USB 3.2 gen 2 (10Gbps). External display via…

Just use a [slim USB-C card reader…

Get both, it's your credit card.

JB won't offer that $1400 voucher deal on iPhone 17 series phones on launch date. Tel$tra won't fund it. Furthermore, while that **$799**…

> Is there a way to get it outright, cheaper like Costco, or any other 24 x months interest free, as Latitude charges $262 in addition to…

Not yet, Pre-order starts 10PM tomorrow (Friday). OZB all time low for iPhone 16 128GB is $600 back in April (but that requires JB Mobile /…

Exetel One plan allows ending the service on the last date of the current billing cycle, rather than 30 days cancellation notice for legacy…

Exetel legacy plans are no longer available to new customers. It's unclear what Exetel will do to those plans in terms of prices (they can…

Change plan now or churn to another provider.

Check with your ISP, you might be getting an upgrade to 500/50. If yes, then you might technically be paying more (since 100/20 also gets…

Well, most people don't need PCIe gen 4 x4 SSDs, but we still get them. SSD makers have been putting NAND chips designed for PCIe gen 5 on…

Yes, the random read/write does suffer quite a lot in an enclosure. Sequential speed for USB 3.2 gen 2x2 maximum is 2500MB/s (but you need…

Because recent and current gen Intel and AMD motherboards support PCIe gen 5, so a lot of people are not able to take advantage of it.…

- If money is not an issue and you have Mac M4 Pro/Max (or an Intel PC that happens to support Thunderbolt 5), then Thunderbolt 5…

Yes, two options available: 1GB (7 days) for $5 and 4GB (28 days) for $20 [Telstra Prepaid Data…

My local Officeworks store told me that, but an OZBers did get OW to price match Telstra (not willingly though).

Tel$tra store staff said they are busy with customers, come back in 20 minutes (or make an appointment). That was what happened when I…

The $13 SIM pack for $1 deal is still on. That one has eSIM option. You can try it out for $1 (7 days expiry) then decide whether it is…

No data once you used up the allocated data, because it is prepaid. You need to buy extra data pack (or recharge). I use it for overseas…

As for firmware updates / security: Merlin Firmware: [10-May-2025] UPDATED: OpenVPN to 2.6.14. GL.iNet Flint 3 Firmware 4.8.1…

Merlin firmware has been around for years. Asus routers with Merlin firmware support generally cost more. GL.inet does have work to do for…

One reason people prefer Asus routers with Merlin firmware support is because Merlin patches security issues regularly. Flint 3, due to…

The power supply included for the Asus RT-AX86U Pro I purchased last year consists of 2 parts. One part is clover leaf style ICE C5 power…

The main reason to get this router is if you want Merlin firmware (and Asus AiMesh). If you want OpenWRT, then this router is not for you…

UCG-Fiber, the NVMe support requires a tray that needs to be purchased separately. In Australia, it was annoying to get it (because there…

WiFi coverage, specs wise, they are about the same (according to Google Gemini, but can't rule out that's AI hallucination). CPU chipset,…

Most likely no, Linksys LGS308MP supports 802.3at (PoE+) and 802.3af (PoE), active PoE standards. This UISP only supports passive 24V or…