Internet Broadband

By Jayk1#

  • Australian First Internet

    Australia was connected to the internet on 3 September 1983

  • May 1989 First Permanent Circuit Connecting

    The first permanent circuit connecting AARNet to ARPANet using TCP/IUP over X.25 was established in May 1989.

  • Teltra and Optus

    In the late 1990s, Telstra and Optus rolled-out separate cable Internet services, focusing on the east coast

  • 1992 Commercial ISPs

    In 1992 there were two commercial ISPs competing with one another. One being DIALix, providing services to Perth and Pegasus Networks out of Byron Bay

  • 2000 Telstra BigPond provided ADSL

    In 2000, the first consumer ADSL services were made available via Telstra Bigpond, at speeds of 256/64 kbit/s (downstream/upstream), 512/128 kbit/s, and 1500/256 kbit/s.

  • 2005 Telstra Announced ADSL2+

    In 2005, Telstra announced it would invest A$210 million in upgrading all of its ADSL exchanges to support ADSL2+ by mid-2006,