For two decades, my home internet was something I barely thought about. I was an Optus "lifer." I stayed through the price hikes and the contract changes because I believed the "Big Brand" myth: if you pay more for a premium name, you get premium reliability.

But as a 100% remote worker, my internet isn't just a way to watch Netflix; it’s my office, my commute, and my livelihood. Over the last couple of years, that 20-year relationship didn't just bend—it snapped.

If you’re working from home and still clinging to a legacy provider out of habit, here is why I finally made the switch to Aussie Broadband.

1. The Death of the "Reliability" Myth

The logic was simple: Optus is huge, so they must have the best backup plans. The reality? A massive nationwide outage in 2023, followed by significant state-wide issues in 2025.

When you work remotely, an outage isn't just an inconvenience; it’s a professional disaster. Disappearing from a client meeting or being unable to access cloud servers for a full day is a risk I can no longer afford. I realized that paying a premium price wasn't actually buying me a safety net.

2. The Support Gap: Offshore vs. Local

This was the clincher for me. When things go wrong—and in tech, they eventually do—the recovery process matters.

The Optus Experience: Navigating clunky AI chatbots and eventually being routed to an offshore call center. Trying to explain complex NBN sync issues to someone reading from a script thousands of miles away is exhausting.

The Aussie Broadband Experience: They use 100% Australian-based staff. When I call, I speak to someone who understands the local infrastructure and the urgency of my workday. For a remote professional, talking to a local expert who can "kick" your connection or run a line test instantly is worth its weight in gold.

3. The "More for Less" Paradox
I expected that moving to a highly-rated provider like Aussie Broadband might cost me more. I was wrong. By leaving the "Big Brand" legacy behind, I achieved a total "win-win":

Price: I am saving $30 every single month. That’s $360 a year back in my pocket.

Speed: My download speeds jumped from 250 Mbps to 500 Mbps.

I am literally paying less money for double the speed. As someone who constantly handles large file transfers and back-to-back video calls, the performance boost is life-changing.

This is not a newly released phone. Thus, I did the long-term usage review. I have used that phone for about 8 Months. Generally, that is very happy. I brought the photo during two local trips. I used it as the primary camera for photos and video.
Actually, I bought this phone for photo taking. It has 50MP Camera. That is not bad. Moreover, it has Hasselblad-Branded Triple Camera Units. You can shoot the photo in Hasselblad color tone. Furthermore, it has A.I. Mode. I found it will tune the color, even it is better than your eyes. I got the feeling, it is a bit faked.

It has marisilicon X imaging npu. That is good for low light photography. I found it can enhance the light a lot.

I did not buy that for gaming purposes, although it should a good performance for gaming. Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 CPU and 12GB Ram, that is very good,
That is a flagship phone released on 2022, and the price around $800. I think that is a very value-for-money phone

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I have been waiting for HTC Magic Sense UI ROM Update very long. Today, I go to HTC website. I found they have released the ROM Update in Australia last week. I downloaded and installed it tonight.

The sense UI is much nicer and the on-screen keyboard got better touch experince too. Moreover, I love the digital clock. That is more stylish! Another great feature of Sense UI is those HTC Widget, such Bookmark. They are very nice.

The one I love most is the weather widget, becuase I like to go out for bush walking. I wish to know the latest weather forcast for planning my trip!

During last year Christmas Holidays, I brought myself a new toy, Panasonic HDC-SD20. This is a Full-HD SD camorder. That is around AUD$700. Not Expensive. But it is quite powerful. It got 16x optical zoom and optical image stabilizer. Moreover, it got 5.1 channel MIC. Let's see the quality of my new toy, this is 2010 New Year Firework in Brisbane:

There is a weakness. The software comes with the package is HD Writer. It has the basic video editing functions, such as adding title and transition. I can't find it to some more advance stuff, such as lightings. Well, that comes with the packages, I did not ask for much functions. I looked around some "professional" video software. The first software I tried is Corel Video Studio. That got very nice inteface, and a lot of friends recommended it. But it seems to be not support AVCHD, which is the format my cam using. Then I found Pinnacle HD Studio Ultimate. It supports this format and the interface is nice. There are a lot of built-in special effects!

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