{"id":42851,"date":"2012-02-12T18:10:20","date_gmt":"2012-02-12T16:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=42851"},"modified":"2012-02-12T18:15:37","modified_gmt":"2012-02-12T16:15:37","slug":"mybroadbands-hidden-gems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/42851-mybroadbands-hidden-gems.html","title":{"rendered":"MyBroadband\u2019s hidden gems"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the last eight years MyBroadband evolved from a broadband forum to a website which offers its members a range of services and content. Here are some of the valuable sections which you may not be aware of.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband Forum<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband&#8217;s forum is the largest online forum in South Africa. Most advanced Internet users in the country are well aware of the MyBroadband forums, but here are a few sections which you may have missed:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/forumdisplay.php\/219-Telecoms-Regulations-forum\" target=\"_blank\">Telecoms regulatory forum<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 Legal experts Ellipsis Regulatory Solutions provide consumers with an easy way to comment and have their voice heard on ICASA regulations and DoC policy directives. Consumers and businesses can also learn about regulatory issues in this forum.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/forumdisplay.php\/172-Hardware-amp-Software-Dealers-Beta\" target=\"_blank\">Hardware specials to MyBroadband members<\/a><\/strong> \u2013 MyBroadband&#8217;s hardware dealer section gives companies a place to punt their latest specials and provide MyBroadband members with promotional prices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itjobs.mybroadband.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">IT Jobs website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>IT jobseekers can search through hundreds of fresh IT jobs posted each month and post their CV online for over 1,000 IT recruitment companies to see. Companies can post jobs and search through a database of IT professionals entirely free of charge.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband BusinessTech<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband BusinessTech brings visitors the latest local and international business technology news. The website also offers full financial data from the JSE, including <a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/markets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>market indicators<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/tech-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>tech stock prices<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/tech-companies\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>JSE listed tech company information<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/photos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Photo section<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband&#8217;s photo section gives members an easy way to upload photos and share them with other MyBroadband members. The section currently hosts over 20,000 photos ranging from funny images to serious photography.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/speedtest.mybroadband.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">MyBroadband Speed Test<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband&#8217;s speed test is the place to test your broadband speeds and compare the results with average speeds from other users with the same service. All the results are filtered based on a variety of variables (including IP addresses) which makes for the best possible result.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/classifieds\/\" target=\"_blank\">Classifieds<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband&#8217;s classifieds section is a popular to buy and sell goods \u2013 partly because of the restrictions on posting in the section which limits the chances of scammers using the platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile apps<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband has apps to make it easier for people to access content and make their voices heard. These apps include: the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/app\/mybroadband-forum\/id399206336?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\">iPhone \/ iPad App<\/a><\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/market.android.com\/details?id=com.vbulletin.build_1140\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Android App<\/strong><\/a> and a BlackBerry App.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadbandmail.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Newsletters<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MyBroadband has three newsletters to keep subscribers up to speed with what is happening in the tech world and on MyBroadband. Subscribe here: <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadbandmail.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MyBroadband newsletter subscription<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MyBroadband offers visitors far more than only technology news and forum discussions.  Here are some of the website\u2019s hidden gems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[8129,35,521],"class_list":["post-42851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-businesstech","tag-headline","tag-mybroadband"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42851"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42851"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42851\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43245,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42851\/revisions\/43245"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}