Queensland Company Launches Own ADSL Infrastructure

Friday, 21 May 2004

GOLD Coast Internet solutions provider, OntheNet, today announced itself the first Queensland-based company to install broadband ADSL infrastructure into telephone exchanges.

It's a major coup for the Robina-based success story, stamping OntheNet as the first non-Telstra company to offer its own ADSL infrastructure to residential customers as well as business in Queensland.

Over 120,000 Gold Coast residents and businesses will have the new ADSL broadband available to them in the initial phase of the rollout.

Suburbs extending Labrador to Broadbeach and west to Bundall will be included in this phase. Southport exchange was enabled last week and the remainder, to be enabled by July of this year, will serve about one third of the Gold Coast.

The second phase, to be completed by December 2004, will expand the service further bringing the coverage to over 210,000 residents.

Together, they will service over half of Gold Coast City.

According to OntheNet Managing Director, Tak Woo, the service is good news for consumers.
This new infrastructure will allow OntheNet to offer much higher speeds than existing ADSL.

Effectively it offers residential and business Internet plans with up to twice the speed of the services of other providers, but for the same price.

New competitive infrastructure such as this is good as it leads to greater choice, more innovation, better service and lower prices.

People wanting further information can call OntheNet on 07 55539222

ENDS.

For further information please contact:

Tak Woo
Managing Director
OntheNet
07 5553 9222

or look further on our website:

Details of the benefits of TURBO can be found here

Details of the coverage areas which are TURBO enabled can be found here

Details of the new TURBO plans can be found here

Press coverage from this release at:

ZDNet - 31 May 2004 - Queensland ISP takes on Telstra
Gold Coast Bulletin - 5-6 June 2004 - Tech hopeful nets a web of success
WPS - 9 June 2004 - OntheNet installs first Qld private DSLAMs in Telstra exchanges
Whirlpool - 10 June 2004 - OntheNet offers faster DSL speeds
Australian IT - 16 June 2004 - iinet to [also] build ADSL network
AFR - 17 June 2004 - Broadband battle turns to exchanges
AFR - 21 June 2004 - Broadband provider looking to DSLAM its rivals
AFR - 24 June 2004 - Primus [also] ready to cut the cord with Telstra 
Australian Personal Computer (APC) - August 2004 - ADSL grows up