Internode gets Naked in Tasmania

Peter Dinham
Tuesday, 11 August 2009 17:51

IT Industry - Market

Internode’s newly gained access to the Basslink fibre-optic cable sees the South Australian-based IP’s broadband services available in Tasmania from tomorrow with the launch of its ‘NakedExtreme” services.

Internode claims to be able to deliver faster, better quality broadband services at “greater distances” from the telephone exchanges than many of its competitors with the service it will start offering to potential subscribers in Tasmanian tomorrow.

Internode product manager Jim Kellett said the availability of NakedExtreme in Tasmania would expand rapidly during the next six months, and the launch of the service in the state would create the opportunity to fill in many metropolitan broadband blackspots.

“We are installing our own equipment in an extra 10 telephone exchanges. That expansion will make Internode's NakedExtreme and Extreme ADSL2+ services available to more than 90,000 Tasmanian premises, including over 12,000 businesses.”

Kellett  said the company’s extreme broadband services are delivered to customers from telephone exchanges equipped with Internode’s own DSLAM equipment, and, he claimed, as a result, it can deliver faster and better quality broadband services at greater distances from the telephone exchanges.

According to Kellett, NakedExtreme services extend broadband reach from 4.1 km to as far as 7.5 km, which he said increases potential broadband coverage area for an exchange from 52 square kilometres to more than 176 sq km.

“NakedExtreme delivers a broadband service over a phone line with no dial tone. As well as offering low-cost, high-quality calls via the NodePhone VoIP service, it eliminates the need for a ‘dial tone' service rental that typically costs about $30 per month.”

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