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When the unthinkable happens (as it just has)

30 April 2026

We take the reliability and ubiquity of modern internet access as a normal state of affairs these days.

The roll out of fibre-based broadband plus the alternatives of 4/5G wireless solutions as well as the orbiting satellites behind systems such as StarLink have effectively meant we can be connected anywhere, anytime with close to 100 percent uptime.

This is pretty important because virtually every business is now super-dependent on that connectivity.

Whether it's access to electronic transaction processing for retailers or a reliance on cloud-based services and databses, if your company loses its internet conenctivity it may no longer be able to function at full capacity -- or maybe even at all.

Spare a thought for the residents of Sydney's Norwest Business Park then.

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Damn, why is it so hard to keep any reliable forum capability going these days?

I'll be working to get the forums up again but it seems that it might not be a simple task. The hosting company has obviously changed something but now it's up to me to try and get PHPBB working with their new configuration :-/

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