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Maffra Area International October Newsletter

By Maffra Area International - 6th October 2004 - Back to News

In this Issue...

• Wideband Networks Rolling out Wireless Broadband in Macalister Irrigation District
• Beginners Training
• Regional Telecommunications Inquiry Update
• Internet Lifestyle Short courses
• Future Directions - trip to Canberra
• Tech Tips

Wideband Networks Rolling out Wireless Broadband in Macalister Irrigation District 

Wideband Networks has been busy getting ready to roll out their new wireless broadband service for the Macalister Irrigation District. One of the first providers in Australia to qualify for the federal governments Higher Bandwidth Incentive Scheme (HiBIS), Wideband are now able to offer price-competitive high-speed Internet to customers in the MID. Log on to www.wide.net.au for more details.

Beginners Training

In conjunction with Heyfield Resource Centre, MAi is now offering Maffra residents low cost computer training. The courses are low-stress and aimed at beginners. The current course, "An introduction to Word processing" started on September 28th and will run on Tuesday mornings from 10 am to 12 noon in the centre on the corner of Queen and Pearson Streets Maffra. Contact Frank on 5147 3220 for more details.

Regional Telecommunications Inquiry Update

We hope that you all got your submissions in to the Regional Telecommunications Inquiry. You can keep up to date with progress of the inquiry on the committee's website http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rrsdc. The committee will soon be holding public hearings and we are hopeful of having one in the immediate vicinity.

Internet Lifestyle Short courses

We've got some special courses coming up designed to help you get the most of the Internet and save money! The courses will include

• Travel via the Net - an introduction to finding and booking travel on the Internet
• Arthur Daley's guide to finding, buying, selling on the Net

Contact our office to express your interest

Future Directions - trip to Canberra

MAi chairperson, Fairlie Kermode has recently returned from a trip to Canberra where she had talks with five key government departments regarding the future directions of MAi. Positive feedback was received from a number of quarters regarding MAi's integrated approach to technology and also its achievements over the years. When the dust settles after the election we are looking forward to working with some interested government departments to chart the future of MAi into the next phase.

Tech Tips

Did you know there are a number of really good anti-virus programs available for free to home users. Check out AVG free edition at www.grisoft.com, and Avast at www.avast.com Both of these programs have a large user base and are tried and tested products - well worth a look!

Contact us:

Source: http://gippsland.com/

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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