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UUCP Dial-Up
Available privatly in Darwin via the University of California. -
First Permanent Internet Circuit in Australia
Connected Melbourne University to the University of Hawaii with a 2400-bit/s satellite connection. This was later upgraded to 56 kbit/s and then 256 kbit/s. -
DIALix & Pegasus Networks
The only two commecial ISP's, with DIALix providing for Perth and Pegasus Networks providing to Byron Bay. -
Cable Internet
During the late 1990's, Optus and Telstra began rolling out cable internet service down the east coast of Australia. -
100 Internet Service Providers
By June 1995 this number had increased to excess of 100 , attributing some fifth of all AARNet traffic. -
ADSL
ADSL was first made available by Telstra Bigpond with initial running speeds of 1500 kbit/s download speed and 256kbit/s upload speed. -
3G Network
3G telecommunication networks support services that provide an information transfer rate of at least 200 kbit/s. -
ADSL2 & ADSL2+
Ratification of ADSL2 and ADSL2+ increased the maximum speed to 12 Mbit/s, then 24 Mbit/s. -
Next G Network
The 'Next G Network' reportedly cover 99% of the Australian population by September 2008. With speeds claimed to get up to 14mbit/s. -
4G Network
Telstra launched the country's first 4G network (FD-LTE) in September 2011 claiming "2–100 Mbps" speeds and announced an "aggressive" expansion of that network in 2012. -
National Broadband Network
The NBN is Australia's first national wholesale-only, open access communications network that is being built to bring high speed broadband and telephone services within the reach of all Australian premises. -
Bibliography
Internet in Australia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_in_Australia NBN - http://www.nbnco.com.au/nbn-for-home/how-it-works.html?icid=pub:hme:about-nbn:hro:img 4G Network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4G
3G Network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3G#History
