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Unwired introduces card modem - cautiously
Stuart Corner
Monday, 17 October 2005 18:43
Unwired is however taking a cautious approach, making the card available only to a small number of "selected" customers in North Sydney, the Inner West and Parramatta. It does not plan a full commercial launch until Q1 of 2006.
CEO, David Spence, said: "We have chosen a staged launch to carefully measure the customer experience. We envisage our network coverage area may vary depending on whether you use our desktop modem or the wireless card. Feedback from customers during this first stage will be pivotal to ensuring we meet customer expectations for the full launch."
The trial service operates at 750kbps/128kbps and is being charged at $29.95 per month. Unwired has given no indication of the price of the card, or of what it will charge for the commercial service.
The company has also announced that is increasing the coverage area of its Sydney network with the installation of eight new base stations and is adding additional capacity to a number of base stations in areas of high demand. The company said its new base stations, which will be rolled out by the end of the year will bring the total to 79.
New sites will add coverage to Sydney's CBD, Newtown, Bondi Beach, Chatswood, Waterloo, Kensington, Maroubra, Coogee, Clovelly, Alexandria, Zetland, Roseville, Enmore, Stanmore, parts of Randwick and Kingsford.
Capacity will be added to existing base stations in Parramatta, Bondi Junction, North Sydney, Surry Hills, Kogarah and Canterbury.
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