Life stories
Telecommunications is changing the way Australians live, work and play.
To get a grip on how broadband and other technologies are shaping the way we live our lives - shaping the way we interact with each other; influencing where we live and how we do business; determining how we access health and education services; how we move around and govern - we’ve put together a collection of “life stories”
Do you have a story to tell?
Tell us your Life story of how broadband technology has changed the way you live, work or play.
Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 14 July 2008
Most people consider a journey on Melbourne’s train system a fairly mundane task, but not Heath Tully. He endeavoured to travel the entire suburban rail network - a massive 760 kilometres of track, split into 15 different lines - in just one day. Find out if Heath was successful, and watch the 16 video blogs he recorded with his Next G™ mobile phone.
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Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 11 June 2008
Some might think watching tractors drive around a paddock is as exciting as watching the grass grow – but that’s exactly what the Coggan family is hoping will happen after they attempt to break the world wheat sowing record in southern Queensland today – and you can watch it online thanks to the coverage and speed of the Next G™ network.
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Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 30 April 2008
Find out how easier access to faster broadband is driving Australia’s shift to "eCourts", where all audio, video, electronic and printed evidence is presented in an electronic format and viewed on a big screen.
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Posted by nowwearetalking editor, 25 March 2008
Many professions rely daily on speedy transcriptions of, for example, legal proceedings, courtroom hearings, medical records, interviews, speeches and, with faster broadband, this list now includes web seminars and other web-based presentations, such as videos.
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