FTTH broadband service launched by iiNet and Australias OptiComm

Customers will now receive the fastest broadband connections available in Australia following the launch of the first Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) by Australia’s third largest broadband service provider iiNet Ltd along with partner OptiComm.

iiNet along with its partner OptiComm are now providing residents in Point Cook’s Alamanda Estate in Victoria with FTTH broadband access allowing them access to the fastest broadband speeds Australia has to offer.

Greg Bader, the chief technology officer for iiNet said “Fiber to the home is definitely the next generation of broadband — fiber optics can carry far more data simultaneously than traditional copper cabling, making speeds up to four times faster than traditional ADSL.”

Residents will benefit from a telecommunications infrastructure that uses cutting-edge technology and in an area where only 25 percent of homes have efficient access to broadband Rory Costelloe the executive director at Villawood Properties said that the launch of the new FTTH services in Alamanda is “an exciting development for Point Cook.”

Costelloe added “From the outset, it was important that Villawood pursue the opportunity to install fiber-to-the-home to all 1,500 home sites at Alamanda. We are delighted to work with iiNet as one of the estate’s service providers.”

In order for residents to enjoy television and voice over IP streaming along with high-speed downloads, phone and internet connections residents will be able to choose from a number a packages that provide broadband connection speeds of 25, 50 or 100Mbps.

Bader advised “Fiber-to-the-home is futureproof, with technology and infrastructure ready for whatever tomorrow throws at us, including iiNet’s upcoming IPTV product.”

With many parts of Australia years away from the super fast broadband services being offered by the governments NBN it is highly likely that many of the network operators that are not involved in the NBN will be making serious upgrades to their networks in order to compete when the NBN has been fully rolled out.

Source – Lightwave on Line