Westnet expands DSLAM network to Kalgoorlie

Stuart Corner
Tuesday, 10 May 2011 09:35

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iiNet subsidiary Westnet has installed its own DSLAM in the Kalgoorlie telephone exchange, enabling it to offer on-net rather than resold ADSL2+ services to 8400 Kalgoorlie households.

Westnet's general manager retail, Matthew Dunstan, said: "By building our own high speed broadband network we can offer better value and bigger quotas as well as our new Internet television service, fetchtv. In a Kalgoorlie first, residents can now access high definition digital subscription television over their broadband connection."

Westnet says that it and its parent, iiNet have invested more than $5m in broadband infrastructure in regional Australia this year, and that its Kalgoorlie installation is able to support 1400 customers who will be able to get "a service as good as anywhere else in Australia."

Dunstan said: "Regional cities are crying out for faster broadband speeds and with Kalgoorlie a longtime Westnet supporter, we knew an investment in a new high speed broadband network would prove popular'¦By teaming one of Westnet's broadband2+ plans with our Netphone service, members will get cheaper phone calls, useful technology, better performance, better customer service and fast, reliable Internet in one package."