Telstra boosts broadband, mobile services in Victoria

Peter Dinham
Friday, 03 April 2009 08:12

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Telstra’s embarked on upgrades of 131 of its exchanges throughout Victoria which it says will give a further 84,000 homes and businesses across the state high speed ADSL2+ broadband services.

According to Telstra, some exchange upgrades have already been completed and others will be upgraded “within the next 200 days”. Of the 131 exchanges, Telstra says 127 are in regional areas, and have either been upgraded or will have their upgrade completed within the next 200 days.

Telstra Country Wide executive director for Victoria, Grant Wiltshire, claims that Telstra’s continued investment in the State “will help advance the education and health sectors as well as support businesses to boost their productivity.”

“These ADSL2+ upgrades will provide download speeds of up to 20Mbps*, which is up to 78 times faster than a standard 256kbps ADSL connection.”

Wiltshire says that, as well as the speed benefits, families will be able to simultaneously use several devices at home at the one-time more easily.

“Content can be delivered with greater reliability, which is important when some members of the family may be downloading work files, others downloading music or videos, while the kids are online researching for school projects.
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