Extreme SHDSL : Enabling Your Business

Australian businesses are increasingly adopting next generation applications such as IP Telephony, Internet Virtual Private Networks, onsite web services and IP videoconferencing. Whilst the resulting benefits of improved productivity, enhanced collaboration and cost-reduction are clear, these applications place increasing demands on the corporate ‘uplink’ to the Internet.

Today, many businesses have simply outgrown the uplink capacity of their copper ADSL Internet connection, but find that optical fibre Ethernet alternatives are too expensive. Many enterprises have selected traditional leased line solutions, however these can also be cost-prohibitive and offer limited speed and scalability.

Internode’s Extreme SHDSL service has been specifically designed to deliver the next generation of high performance, fully symmetrical, Internet access services to Australian businesses. Featuring ‘mid-band Ethernet’ speeds with premium access to Internode's First Tier International IP network, Extreme SHDSL delivers your optimum business Internet solution.

Extreme Speed

The quantum improvement in the price/performance ratio delivered by Extreme SHDSL is based on the IEEE802.3ah global standards, often called ‘Ethernet over Copper’ or ‘Ethernet in the First Mile’. It represents a significant technology evolution utilising up to 8 bonded copper pairs, each running Extended Symmetrical High speed Digital Subscriber Line (E-SHDSL) at over 5 Mbps per pair.

This means that services with speeds of 40 Mbps symmetrical are available - a quantum improvement over traditional SHDSL.

Extreme Scalablilty

More speed enables more applications, improving your business productivity and opening new channels to your customers, staff and suppliers. As your business grows and evolves to leverage new technologies, you will continue to need more speed.

This is the key feature of scalability – start with 5 Mbps today, and upgrade to 10 Mbps when you need it – then 20 Mbps, then 40 Mbps. Extreme SHDSL supports exactly that – without expensive upgrade charges, technology changes or even service outages. And for speeds beyond that, our optical fibre solutions kick in – all the way to 1,000 Mbps.

Coverage & Availability

Extreme SHDSL is available now, across selected business exchanges in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney. Ultimately Extreme SHDSL will be extended to all business areas within the Internode broadband network footprint.

A significant benefit of Extreme SHDSL is that it is almost universally available within the coverage areas. This is because it is delivered using Unbundled Local Loop – re-using the existing copper access network that exists into virtually every business premises. Unlike traditional Ethernet over optical fibre connections, there are no issues associated with time-consuming & expensive building entries or civil works – virtually all business premises in the coverage areas can be connected with minimum fuss.

Additional Services

Internode also provides the complete range of related Internet services for your business, including Domain Name Services, Web Hosting, Private IP Networks and Broadband ADSL. We also provide Internode Ethernet services for larger businesses requiring Internet capacity ranging from 5 Mbps up to 1,000 Mbps.