Posts in Category: Computers & Technology

Shire in the dark
THE Mansfield community is set to lose an estimated $200,000 when AusNet Services flicks off the switch on the shire’s electricity supply later this month.

Mansfield unsure about black spot future
IN January this year, the Victorian Government pulled out of the Commonwealth Mobile Black Spot Program.

Tolmie and Archerton celebrate tower launch
MEMBERS of the Tolmie and Archerton communities have celebrated improved reception with the official launch of the Tolmie and Archerton mobile phone towers last week.

Tower signals anger in Ancona
WHAT should have been a cheerful occasion in Ancona last week was overshadowed as residents expressed their displeasure at the official launch of the Ancona…

Delays, interruptions frustrate Mansfield district NBN users
ALMOST half of all National Broadband Network users have suffered problems getting connected, with delays and slow speeds the key issues.

Communities forced to wait till 2018 for mobile reception
LAST week, Nationals Senator Fiona Nash congratulated the Coalition government on delivering mobile coverage to 36 new communities in September.

Telstra ducks for coverage
DESPITE promising to have at least five black spot mobile phone towers operational by Christmas, Telstra is yet to begin construction on any.

Copper landlines the only form of communication in an emergency
Residents living in mobile phone black spots will lose all telecommunications in an emergency if they do not keep their copper home lines.

Pokemon Go will get you
Pokémon Go is proving as popular in Mansfield as it is in the rest of the world.