Broadband bandwidth for free in South Australia
Broadband bandwidth for free in South Australia
Businesses, schools and councils will be able to receive free broadband access and telephone calls in South Australia thanks to the investment of a local ISP which aims to provide a community based service.
Adam Internet is the first Internet service provide in Australia to offer businesses, public facilities and residences connected to the same exchange free un-metered bandwidth, having secured a Telco network service separate from Telstra in September.
This means that communities will have high-speed access to voice and data services, with their monthly connection fee, for example, AUS$29 dollars, when the data is transferred with their local exchange area.
Last week it installed its own next generation broadband network (ADSL 2 and ADSL2+) throughout metropolitan Adelaide.
It provides up to 28 Mbps - 15 times faster than the current ADSL broadband technology, and 500 times the speed of dialup.
In the first phase, Adam Internet will work with technology partners ETSA Telecoms, NDC and Ericsson to install AdamDirect DSLAM (Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer) Exchanges in 24 locations, using a fibre optic network.
Adam Internet Managing Director Scott Hicks said the infrastructure would bring South Australia up to speed with some of the best broadband services in the world.
"By owning our own infrastructure we are free from the artificial restrictions imposed by the major telecommunications carriers.
"While many companies are cherry picking the most profitable exchanges to install high-speed broadband services, Adam Internet will create a level playing field for businesses, councils and residences throughout metropolitan Adelaide.
"We can now control our own costs and our own pricing. For people in local exchange areas it will be like having their own wide area network. They will be able to make phone calls using their broadband connection within the area free of charge, and we expect it will be the catalyst for a hole new generation of local content."
Adam Internet is investing AUS$9.6 million of its own into this project, which it expects to stimulate economic growth through increased broadband capability.
Hicks added: "The services will enhance the user's experience and provide benefits because people who didn't have access to broadband will now have it, and people who were reluctant to use their connection because of the cost will now be able to do so within the are, which can be as big as a 6km radius.
"Live security monitoring of your home, school or business, high quality voice calls on the Internet, and links to local supermarkets, restaurants, libraries, councils and entertainment centres all now become possible."
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