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Can I
Get ADSL Broadband?
Recently,
some of our customers have been contacted by Internet
companies offering them Broadband Internet access.
Excitedly they went about arranging to have it
connected, only to be disappointed. Despite the
promises of the Internet companies, they found they
were too far away from their local telephone exchange.
Frustrated, they returned their installation kits.
Sadly,
marketing by these companies has blurred the real
facts about ADSL. Lets review some of these facts in
this issue.
ADSL
Broadband is a fast Internet access technology using
your phone line. Many of you no doubt are familiar
with the older dial-up Internet connections, and know
the scene. You connect to the ‘Net, and then go and
make a hot drink while you wait for a web page to
load. Also, while you are online, your phone line is
engaged, and no one can phone in, or phone out either.
One
major benefit of ADSL Broadband internet is its speed.
Current dial-up Internet connections download a web
page in a couple of minutes or so, while ADSL
Broadband will download it in 3 seconds. A large file
of say 20MB, on dial-up, would take nearly 3 hours to
download. On ADSL, the same file takes 20 minutes.
Along
with speed, ADSL has the advantage of giving you two
phone lines. It does this by ‘splitting’ your
current line into 2 separate channels. This means you
can use the Internet, and at the same time make or
receive phone calls.
ADSL
Broadband does however have one limitation. To access
ADSL, your home or business must be within 4 klms of
your local telephone exchange. Kingaroy, Nanango,
Yarraman, and Blackbutt exchanges are all ADSL
enabled. If you live within 4 klms of these exchanges,
you can access ADSL Broadband.
However,
many of our customers are rural residents, and live
much further away than 4 klms from their local
exchanges. Because of this they have been unable to
access faster Internet connections, that is, until
now.
A new
ADSL Internet technology is now available to you via
Satellite dish. This involves a satellite dish mounted
on your home or business roof, and a receiver inside
connected to your computer. This technology does not
use your phone line at all, but streams the Internet
to you from one of the many satellites circling our
globe. Satellite ADSL Broadband is available anywhere
in rural Australia, thus providing anyone outside the
regular exchange network the opportunity to enjoy
faster internet.
Thanks
to the Government’s HIBIS scheme, Satellite ADSL
plans are available at reasonable prices. BorderNet, a
satellite Internet provider, offer plans starting from
$49.50 per month. If you signup for an 18 month
contract, your satellite dish and receiver are
supplied & installed for free.
To find out more or
to setup ADSL Broadband, please call us on 4163 8061,
or email us info@mcsyarraman.com.au.
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