Zac Kelly

Zac Kelly Zachariah Kelly is a telco content writer for Canstar Blue, specialising in all things phone, internet and streaming, with a soft spot for video games. He's fresh out of university with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and Social Political Sciences from UTS and has previously written for Nine News, The Daily Mail, Junkee, Kotaku and GOAT. He's passionate about helping people make the right purchase decisions and understanding all things tech.


NBN Providers

Are all NBN providers the same?

Posted by April 17th 2024

With some big name providers and many smaller providers to choose from, one of the biggest questions may be how to choose an NBN provider. It may seem like a daunting task, but once you …


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Southern Phone Home Wireless Broadband

Posted by June 2nd 2022

Home wireless broadband is a great NBN alternative that plenty of providers are now offering, in case you can’t get fixed-line internet at your home, or you simply don’t want it! As long as you’ve …


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How you can watch Netflix for free in Australia

Posted by July 7th 2023

After removing its free month trial back in March this year, popular streaming service Netflix is back with a new offer - and you don't even need an account to start watching. You can now stream …


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Huawei P40 Pro+ review: I’ve never missed Google more

Posted by July 7th 2022

The Huawei P40 Pro+ is a terrifically powerful phone, with an operating system that doesn’t skip a beat, a screen that makes everything beautiful, and arguably the best camera on the market. However, all of …


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What is FTTC NBN?

Posted by March 18th 2022

The National Broadband Network (NBN) is nearing completion, and should be 93% rolled out by the end of 2020, according to NBN Co. With Fibre to the Node NBN connections being the most common across …


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OPPO Find X2 Lite review – 5G gets cheap

Posted by April 5th 2023

The OPPO Find X2 Lite is a mid-range phone, fully capable of performing in the same ways a standard luxury phone can, punching well above its weight. It doesn’t stumble in many areas, and where …


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How much data do you need for gaming?

Posted by September 14th 2022

Gaming often gets a bad rap for being super data-hungry, especially when you're playing on a mobile device. If you’re gaming at home, most of the time you’ll have an unlimited data broadband plan, but …


The LG Velvet smartphone

LG Velvet review: A new direction

Posted by July 7th 2022

The LG Velvet is a welcome stride in the right direction for LG, sitting at a neat mid-luxury price point of just $899. It’s LG’s best attempt in a long time to be taken really …



Telstra SMS over WiFi

Telstra enables SMS over WiFi for mobile customers

Posted by July 7th 2022

Good news for Telstra customers - the telco has finally enabled SMS over WiFi, after reports circulated that people in regional Australia could not properly authenticate their COVIDSafe app without a text message. In regional communities …