Is your Melbourne mobile data really yours—or just on loan to your ISP?
Let’s cut through the fluff.You’re scrolling in a tram, banking in a Bunnings car park, or streaming cricket from a beach shack near Margaret River. Feels private, right? Nah. Without a VPN, your IP’s waving your location, habits, and login patterns like a flag at a footy final.
Aussie telcos don’t need a warrant to store your metadata. Two years’ worth. Who you text, when you browse, which health sites you check at 2 a.m.—it’s all logged. Not the content, sure, but the pattern tells a story loud enough.
Perth to Penrith: one country, dozens of digital realities
In regional NSW, many rely on mobile broadband. Great—until your carrier silently throttles video after 50GB. A smart VPN with UDP acceleration can sometimes bypass those artificial caps. Not always, but often enough to matter.
Students in St Lucia (looking at you, UQ crew) hop between uni Wi-Fi and sharehouses with zero…
