A smarter Wi-Fi Booster to make your home Wi-Fi stretch further

We’ve just launched our new Telstra Smart Wi-Fi™ Booster Gen 2, a wireless Booster that makes it easier to expand your home or office Wi-Fi network. This new, smarter Booster is built to connect seamlessly with our latest Telstra Smart Modem™ Gen 2, to help you get online faster.
· 07 May 2019 · 3 minute read

We’ve just launched our new Telstra Smart Wi-Fi™ Booster Gen 2, a wireless Booster that makes it easier to expand your home or office Wi-Fi network. This new, smarter Booster is built to connect seamlessly with our latest Telstra Smart Modem™ Gen 2, to help you get online faster.

We know that some of our customers – especially those living in larger homes with lots of rooms to cover, or in an apartment block with digitally ‘noisy’ neighbours – might need a little Wi-Fi boost. If you’d like your home or office Wi-Fi network to stretch its legs a little further, or if you need help reducing or resolving black spots, we have a whole of home Wi-Fi solution that’s simpler than ever.

The Telstra Smart Wi-Fi™ Booster Gen 2 is a wireless booster for your Telstra home Wi-Fi network, and it’s one of the first in the world to use a new wireless technology standard that’s scalable, more efficient and more suited to houses of all sizes – it’s called Wi-Fi EasyMesh™.

Over 450,000 of you already have our improved Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 in your homes; with its built-in 4G mobile network backup, it’s a device we’re very proud of. Like our new Booster, the Smart Modem Gen 2 is Wi-Fi EasyMesh certified and will connect to the Booster with a simple two-button setup process. You can have up to 4 Boosters per broadband, so you can add extra Boosters to scale your coverage, and all will appear as a single Wi-Fi network name throughout your home or office.

We’re proud to be the first telco ISP in the world to offer to our customers EasyMesh technology in both our Telstra Smart Modem and the new Telstra Smart Wi-Fi Booster Gen 2. Where you’d previously have to plug one Wi-Fi Booster into your modem and connect it wirelessly to another Booster to extend your Wi-Fi range, in most cases customers will only need a minimum of one Smart Wi-Fi Booster Gen 2 to do the same job. It’s a simpler and less cluttered solution.

We know that Wi-Fi can sometimes be challenging and frustrating due to factors outside your control – the materials your home is built from, the distance between your Wi-Fi router and your bedroom, or interference from other devices or your neighbours’ wireless signals. As part of our T22 strategy to simplify our products and services, we’re continuing to focus on making things easier for you, so you can enjoy the best connectivity without unnecessary hassle.

The Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2 and Telstra Smart Wi-Fi Booster Gen 2 are now available for all Telstra Broadband customers. If you already have a Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2, a software upgrade will be sent remotely to your modem so you can take full advantage of the benefits of the Telstra Smart Wi-Fi Booster Gen 2.

The Telstra Smart Wi-Fi™ Booster Gen 2 is available online or in store from today for $288 outright, or $12 per month for 24 months. Minimum cost is $288 + your plan charges. More information on the Telstra Smart Modem 2.0 and the Telstra Smart Wi-Fi Booster Gen 2 is available on our Smart Wi-Fi website.

Things you need to know:

Telstra Smart Modem™ Gen 2: Mobile backup is available to premises in 4G coverage areas. Check coverage at telstra.com/coverage. Eligible broadband service required. Your mobile backup connection is limited to speeds of up to 6Mbps for downloads and 1Mbps for uploads. Actual speeds will vary due to local conditions and content accessed.

Telstra Smart Wi-Fi™ Booster Gen 2: Telstra internet service and Telstra modem required. Recommended for use with Telstra Smart Modem Gen 2. Maximum of 4 devices per broadband account. Delivery fee may apply. Hardware Repayment Option (HRO): Only customers with an existing fixed service are eligible. Maximum 5 HROs per customer at any one time. If you cancel an HRO early or cancel your existing fixed service(s), your HRO will also terminate and you will be required to pay out the remainder of your HRO.

By Michele Garra

Connected Home & Business Executive

Michele is a senior executive with 25 years’ experience in the content industry, across strategic and commercial roles in Australia, Asia and the United States. She is a senior marketing leader with experience launching new, high definition and digital home technology platforms. Her career spans a variety of content, sales, marketing and product organisations including Virgin Australia, Microsoft and Sony Pictures. Prior to Telstra, Michele was Vice President Retail at Optus Telecommunications (SingTel), accountable for more than $2.9 billion revenue and the telco’s primary channels to market, including 370 branded stores. Michele joined Telstra in 2016, leading the Media division – launched the Telstra TV and revamped the AFL, NRL and netball sports apps. Then moved into Innovation and Strategy, developing the 5G Launch strategy and led the strategy redesign for the Consumer & Small Business unit. Michele now heads up the Connected Home & Business unit, including all broadband, voice and connected home and business services for consumer and small business customers.