One giant leap for mankind….
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It’s not quite a lunar landing, but I’m having my own Neil Armstrong moment in Kiama today. I’m taking my own first small steps onto a new landscape as we prepare to launch new bundles and Telstra’s first services to paying customers on the NBN tomorrow.
The new bundles recognise that many homes today have a range of new internet-enabled devices such as the T-Box®, T-Hub®, smart phones and tablets that open a world of movies to download, videos to watch and sophisticated websites with on-demand content that perform best with greater speed and data allowances.
With the new bundles people can use their devices with confidence, knowing they have data allowances that meet their needs.
It’s not exactly the “Sea of Tranquillity” here – there’s a cast of local media with film crews, curious Kiama residents, Telstra technicians, and staff buzzing around the Telstra Fibre Experience Centre which will open in the Johnson Street car park later this week. The place is humming.
The Fibre Experience Centre will travel the country to provide people in the heart of NBN rollout locations a hands-on experience of Telstra services on the NBN – because many people told us they needed to see it in action, to see how it works for themselves.
It’s a beautiful sight – after taking the time to get our staff, systems and processes ready, we’re set to welcome our first customers in five locations on the mainland and NBN-enabled new estates to Telstra services on the NBN.
The early number of potential customers in the first round of mainland sites released by NBN Co is relatively small at around 13,000 households, and in the hundreds in new estates. This special group of high-speed pioneers will give us a fair taste of what Australians from a range of lifestyles and approaches to life will be looking for from the new superfast network and our services.
There’ll be a celebratory scene at all five NBN mainland first releases sites over the next 24 hours – Kiama; Armidale; in Aitkenvale and Minnamurra in Townsville; Willunga in South Australia and in Melbourne’s inner city suburb of Brunswick. And no doubt a few celebrations in call centres, back offices, technician’s depots and across Telstra for those that have been involved in getting to this milestone.
Today we introduced our consumer offerings on the NBN that include the new T- Bundles with generous data allowances and provide a taste of things to come as we roll out new services in the future. Tomorrow we open the doors for business.
It is an exciting start to a new era in telecommunications.
See media release: Telstra releases new bundle pricing
Visit here for more information on Telstra’s services on the NBN
You NBN prices stinks like foul rotten eggs….i wouldn’t touch your services with a ten foot barge pole.
You are talking about the NBN, but what I want is ADSL2+ or cable in my area. Do not think I am living in a country area, I am living in Castle Hill, NSW and all I got is ADSL1 which is very low speed. Can some one in Telstra do something about it?
Great article! Thanks for sharing this
I haven’t been able to get any internet at all where I live in Australind WA because Telstra won’t upgrade the exchange and there are no ports left. All as a result of the NBN rollout & Telstra’s greed… and no one is able to supply me with a date for when this NBN is meant to occur > <
Telstra say they are putting "top hats" on the exchanges eventually but they can't give me a date either *sigh*. I recently moved from Port Hedland down to Bunbury, and I thought I was moving back to civilization!! I think not!
I can't even get wireless where I am because the phone reception is poor. Telstra wanted to charge me $700 to put something on my roof to improve the wireless. Absolutely fuming! It is clear that it is all about the $$$$…
Hi Lara
I also live in Australind, near the high school and had all kinds of problems with Bigpond. Fortunately, my contract expired and I was able to switch to Optus wi-fi. What a difference. It’s easier to use, much faster, and only stopped working once, during the major storm that we had earlier this month. I can’t recommend them highly enough.
Hi Jim
My husband and I ended up having to move over to Kingston on the weekend just so that we could get some sort of internet. He needed it for work purposes as he works in the IT field and is on call after hours. So we were pretty much forced to move.
Didn’t matter what we did no one could help us where we were living which was Leschenault. We exhausted all possibilites… tried all the providers and we even tried to share the neighbours broadband and offered to pay their bill but they were reluctant to. We thought about wi-fi but apparently the download limit/allowance is very tight and not very flexible. Because we are heavy users we would probably be capped within a week.
So we now have basic adsl, ADSL 1…. not that great but it will have to do.
I have a really hard time watching those NBN adverts on the tv and in the paper… it is everywhere. Makes me laugh and cry at the same time. Wish they would spend that money into speeding up the NBN rollout.
Thanks for the reply Jim