Internode bolsters Tasmanian ADSL2+ coverage

 

Customers get free speed upgrade.

Internode will transition 3,000 customers currently on Telstra broadband infrastructure over to new Internode DSLAMs at seven exchanges in Hobart and Launceston.

Many of the customers will go from having 1500 Kbps services to ADSL2+ speeds "at no extra cost", according to managing director, Simon Hackett.

The transition would take place over the next two months, he said.

The affected customers were on connections underpinned by a Telstra wholesale service that Internode resold.

The transition was made possible because Internode enabled its own ADSL2+ services at the Howrah, Sandy Bay, Lindisfarne, Kingston and New Town exchanges in Hobart, and the South Launceston and St John exchanges in Launceston.

It also expected to add two more ADSL2+ equipped exchanges at Bellerive and Glenorchy in the second quarter.

Until now, Internode had its own ADSL2+ equipment installed only at the Davey and Bathurst exchanges in Tasmania, although it has offered ADSL2+ services through Telstra Wholesale equipment.


Internode bolsters Tasmanian ADSL2+ coverage
"Internode Easy Broadband is the most popular plan among 346,000 registered tech-savvy users of the Whirlpool Broadband Forum, at $49.95 for 50GB (uploads counted). If your exchange has an ..."
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Comments: 2
Digger11
Mar 26, 2010 10:07 AM
Upgrade at no cost ????
I am sure that on the mainland the smaller ISP's ADSL2+ pricing was a lot cheaper than standard Telstra 1,500 plans as the ISP's use cheaper ULL ??

Are we sure Internode is not just ripping of the Taswegians ???
umbria
Mar 26, 2010 11:53 AM
Internode Easy Broadband is the most popular plan among 346,000 registered tech-savvy users of the Whirlpool Broadband Forum, at $49.95 for 50GB (uploads counted).

If your exchange has an Internode DSLAM you get ADSL2+ speeds, otherwise they resell Telstra and you get 1500/256.

More lucky Tasmanians are simply now getting the benefit of the higher speeds, at no extra cost, as the article said. And I hope they will eventually put a DSLAM in at Maitland, soon, too.
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