Adelaide City Council’s 10 Gigabit high-speed internet network connected to first business
A CURRIE St firm has become the first Adelaide business to connect to the new 10 Gigabit fibre optic network, enabling it to send high volumes of data quickly and securely around the world.
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ADELAIDE’S first business has connected to the city council’s 10 Gigabit network.
The Australian Institute of Business on Currie St was today connected to the new fibre optic network that enables businesses to send high volumes of data, quickly and securely around the world.
The project, being delivered by TPG Telecom, is designed to give data-intensive industries in Adelaide’s CBD a competitive advantage.
Forty buildings are in the process of being offered services, with an additional 160 buildings to be finalised soon.
The network is expected to be rolled out to 1000 buildings within the next two years.
Lord Mayor Martin Haese said it was an exciting day for the city.
“We have been inundated by registrations from businesses wanting to plug into 10 Gigabit Adelaide and from today, businesses are being connected and will immediately reap the benefits,” he said.
“It will not only ensure local businesses have access to 21st century big data and communications enabling services, it will also attract new investment and business from interstate and overseas, furthering our reputation as a connected, smart, entrepreneurial and intelligent city.”
Mr Haese said 10 Gigabit Adelaide would help the city retain, grow and attract new businesses that would create jobs and consequently benefit the city economically.
“The Australian Institute of Business is just one example of the type of organisations and industry sectors that will benefit from this transformational new fibre network,” he said.
A graduate business school, the Australian Institute of Business chief executive Paul Wappett said as an online education provider, it is important to have leading technology to deliver its programs.
“We have invested significantly in our interactive learning environment and infrastructure, and the new network will enable us to further enhance the online learning experience for our students,” he said.
Pricing for the network that provides “10 Gbps uncontested and synchronous data
transfer capability” have also been released today ahead of the network’s launch at the Adelaide Town Hall tonight.
TPG’s group executive of corporate, government and wholesale, Mark Rafferty, said his organisation had been working hard with the council over the past few weeks to confirm the rollout schedule and the first set of available services.
“From today, businesses in the first 40 connected buildings will be able to get up to 10GB access from an extremely low cost of $399 + $39.90** GST per month,” he said, based on a 48 month contract with no installation charges.
“This is considerably less than what is currently on offer in the market.
“In addition to connecting these 40 buildings, our team is already out in the field installing the fibre optic extensions to additional buildings.”
Hundreds of businesses have inquired about joining 10 Gigabit, but the number of buildings it is touted to reach has been reduced.
It was widely reported in December that 1700 commercial buildings across the CBD and North Adelaide were earmarked for access.
Mr Haese yesterday said: “Since 10 Gigabit Adelaide was first announced, further analysis and planning in conjunction with TPG puts the number of buildings that would be suitable for this service at 1000.
“There is scope for around 3500 businesses within these buildings to be connected to 10 Gigabit Adelaide.”
He said several hundred businesses had inquired about the network, in which the council has invested $12 million to complement the State Government’s GigCity project.
Access to a 10GB port starts from $399 a month, which TPG said was “considerably less than what is currently on offer in the market”.
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