8Mbit/s ADSL to be available through all ISPs
Telstra has announced it will make speeds of 8Mbit/s available everywhere there is ADSL coverage, and to any ISP currently selling services on Telstra’s network.
Group Managing Director of Telstra Wholesale, Kate McKenzie, said it would be the most widely available wholesale high-speed service delivered over a fixed network in Australia.
“We are excited to bring to market a national high-speed service which will give end-users of our customers access to higher broadband speeds across more than 2400 exchanges in our national network,” Ms McKenzie said.
“Beginning next week, Telstra Wholesale will provide a high-speed broadband service to around 91 per cent of lines in Australia, making it the best option for customers serving a wide geographic market.
“The new service will give our wholesale customers better speeds for more end users across the country.”
Telstra Wholesale has also repriced its services for ADSL speeds above the $29.95 256Kbit/s entry level plan, providing better value for money and allowing customers to encourage their end-users to move up the chain to higher-speed plans for the same or similar cost as what they’re paying now for slower speeds.
This new pricing applies once an ISP has signed the new “High Speed contract” with Telstra, though it’s not known yet what the contract contains or what it may attempt to bind ISPs to.
Telstra said wholesale account managers would be meeting with ISPs in coming days to explain the deal.
The new product is called “Open 1 Wholesale DSL Layer 2 Internet Grade High Speed (DSL L2IG-HS)”.
Speed is up to 8Mbit/s on the downstream but with a speed-crippled 384Kbit/s maximum upstream.
Telstra says availability is in more than 2400 exchanges, metro, rural and regional, approx 91% of homes and businesses.
