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Optus gained exclusive access to this link in 2001, ahead of acquiring the organisation in 2005. [ 18 ] XYZed was established by Optus in 2000 to provide wholesale business-grade DSL services under an individual brand, but today provides a collection of products only as part of the Optus Wholesale & Satellite division.
The Viewer Access Satellite Television service, or VAST, is a satellite television platform in Australia, providing digital television and radio services to remote and rural areas, as well as viewers in terrestrial black spots. The service uses the Optus C1 and Optus D3 satellites. [1]
It broadcasts identical programming to SBS, but in 1080i HD via Freeview and Optus D1. On 8 April 2017, SBS Viceland was given HD access on LCN 31 and SBS HD was converted into MPEG-4. [49] On 1 July 2019, Channel 32 was converted into SBS World Movies in 1080i HD. [50] [51] On 5 December 2023 NITV channel 34 was converted to HD. An SD ...
Whirlpool began as a community resource for users of Telstra's BigPond cable Internet service, the name Whirlpool being a parody of BigPond. [3] However, it soon expanded to cover Optus' Optus@Home (now known as OptusNet) cable internet service, ADSL-based services, and other forms of broadband ISPs in Australia, as they became available.
A further early provider was the not-for-profit Australian Public Access Network Association (APANA). Founded in 1992 by Mark Gregson, APANA ran many small, widely dispersed gratis hosts for bulletin board systems and newsgroups, but developed into a provider of low-cost, non-commercial access to the Internet for its members. [1]
Optus remains in the subscription television market through the relaunched Optus Sport platform and retailing Fetch TV, both of which are internet-based services (although Optus Sport is available as part of Tabcorp's SKY satellite-based offering to pubs and clubs or, at an extra monthly cost, via satellite to consumers, with both requiring ...
In November 2006 AAPT signed a wholesale network agreement with Powertel to allow access to its wholesale network and installed ADSL2+ broadband network. [2] Powertel was subsequently absorbed by AAPT for A$357 million (NZ$400 million) in May 2007 and former Powertel boss, Paul Broad appointed CEO, with AAPT retiring the Powertel name. [2]
A naked DSL, also known as standalone or dry loop DSL, is a digital subscriber line (DSL) without a PSTN (analogue telephony) service — or the associated dial tone. In other words, only a standalone DSL Internet service is provided on the local loop .