{"id":7613,"date":"2021-04-23T05:21:16","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T19:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7613"},"modified":"2021-04-21T22:24:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-21T12:24:48","slug":"putting-the-internet-on-pause-with-optus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/putting-the-internet-on-pause-with-optus\/","title":{"rendered":"Putting the Internet on PAUSE with Optus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7614\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/optuspause-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/optuspause-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/optuspause-150x132.jpg 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/optuspause-62x55.jpg 62w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/optuspause.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There are some times in the day that are simply better without the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like dinner time&#8230;when you\u2019re watching a movie&#8230;or sleeping or perhaps for parents who want to encourage outside time over screen time.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Optus has just introduced a new feature for home broadband customers called \u201cOptus Pause\u201d to give users better control of internet free time.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this \u2018one click feature\u2019 you can temporarily pause connectivity on all, or some, Optus home and Optus mobile devices simultaneously. Great for kicking the kids off the internet when you need their attention I reckon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get more info on Optus Pause at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.optus.com.au\/customer-extras\/optus-pause\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.optus.com.au\/customer-extras\/optus-pause<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are some times in the day that are simply better without the internet. Like dinner time&#8230;when you\u2019re watching a movie&#8230;or sleeping or perhaps for parents who want to encourage outside time over screen time. Optus has just introduced a new feature for home broadband customers called \u201cOptus Pause\u201d to give users better control of internet free time. With this<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/putting-the-internet-on-pause-with-optus\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7614,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[856,2072],"class_list":["post-7613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-optus","tag-pause-the-internet"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Putting the Internet on PAUSE with Optus - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/putting-the-internet-on-pause-with-optus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Putting the Internet on PAUSE with Optus - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are some times in the day that are simply better without the internet. 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