
According to Optus its 3G/HSPA network provides customers with download speeds averaging 500Kbps to 1.5Mbps and network capability of up to 3.6Mbps initially with the potential to rise up to 14.4Mbps – depending on a range of factors.
“Our current mobile network covers around 97 percent of the NSW population, stretching across 217,000 square kilometres. There are a number of mobile sites servicing the Wollongong and Illawarra area for 3G/HSPA with additional coverage for some adjoining regions including Kiama and Nowra to be completed by April 2008,” Hardy said.