Thursday 26 February 2009

Reserves: AirForce

Today I received a call from another case officer who seems to be taken over my case. I was offered to proceed with the AirForce option because the results for the other two still have not arrived. This is better than nothing so I decided to go ahead with the process.
The only drawback is that I have just returned from a holiday where I was sick for three weeks and I need some time to get back in shape in order to pass the assessment test. Nonetheless, things are moving, albeit slowly.

Monday 23 February 2009

Prepaid Wireless Broadband in Australia

The only advancement in networking recently comes only from wireless broadband providers. Apart from plans getting more affordable and improvements in network coverage, there are also new products. Just like prepaid mobile phone SIM cards, there are now prepaid wireless broadband services available.
USB modems are purchased either separately or as a part of the initial package. Very similar to current GSM prepaid packages. After that, recharge vouchers can be purchased to allow for service continuation. These are time limited and include a certain amount of network traffic with them. Exactly as GSM recharge vouchers do.

Here are links to some of the providers: