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Posted July 12th, 2011 and last modified February 6th, 2012

TPG Telecom which was formerly known as SP Telemedia, is a leading broadband internet provider in Australia. It was first listed on the Australian Stock Exchange in 2001. In 2008 TPG and Soul merged to form a group that turned over $500 million in annual earnings and in 2010 the group acquired Pipe Networks. This placed TPG at the forefront of fibre optic development in Australia giving it access to the Australian fibre optic network as well as the undersea link between Sydney and Guam stretching from there to the USA and Japan.

Today TPG has more than 350 exchange areas in Australia delivering voice, data and internet connection through its fixed line, wireless and fibre services, making it one of Australia’s largest communication networks. TPG’s own network’s infrastructure investment has sustained steady growth spreading out from its broadcast television base. This has resulted in it becoming one of the country’s biggest broadband internet providers offering a highly competitive array of ADSL and ADSL2+ broadband plans as well as delivering reliable email services, domain name and website hosting to a large number of businesses and individual consumers. Its wide international and domestic experience has enabled it to provide cheap high quality broadband internet services.

Connecting to TPG Broadband Internet

Before purchasing TPG services you will first have to be sure of your local connectivity. This can be arranged with TPG as you go about the signing up process if you prefer. You will also have to purchase a modem. You can either have this installed professionally or do it yourself. You will be supplied with one in-line filter but you will need another in-line filter for each phone that is active in your own home network.

If you are not using a wired router or wireless modem with cabling attached to your computer you will have to have your computer situated close to a phone socket. In a case where you want to use two or more computers in the same building the amount of data you use will be shared among all the computers that are linked to the local network. Data usage is not able to be isolated to any individual computer in these situations. To set up a wireless network for such purposes you will need to acquire a wireless modem/router to enable you to create the wireless network or alternatively a wired four port modem/router. You can supply your own modem if you wish but it will have to be a TPG approved modem.

TV Can be Accessed with Many TPG Plans

TPG ADSL2+ users are able to access IPTV channels, Al Jazeera and Russia Today. There are also 20 email and mailbox addresses supplied at no cost. A dial-up back up can also be included and this will cost $1.10 an hour when being used. TPG broadband internet plans are wide ranging. All kinds of users from the casual to the busy online home business operator are catered for. Some examples are included in the following plans:

  • The low cost $9.90 a month 20GB ADSL2+ . This particular plan is based on a home phone cost of $30 a month and a $9.99 broadband charge. Totalling $39.99. The 20GB is divided with 10GB peak and 10 GB off peak.
  • Naked ADSL2+ Unlimited. A top plan that gives the user unlimited data coverage for $69.99 a month. The contract can be taken out for six months or 18 months. This plan does not include a home phone bundle. In fact there is no land line phone service needed to have it installed. But the speed is as fast as any presently available and your data downloads are unlimited.
  • A popular TPG broadband internet plan is the ADSL2+ Unlimited Broadband with home phone line rental included. This bundled plan costs $29.99 a month for the broadband component and $30 a month home line rental giving a total monthly cost of $59.99. Data downloads are unlimited and, of course, the speed from the ADSL2+ connection is a great delivery.

ADSL2+ Twice the Speed of ADSL

Where in the past broadband internet was mainly supplied with ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line), a type of technology that allowed for faster transmission of data over copper telephone lines, we have now moved on to ADSL2+. This latest technological improvement can double the frequency of an ADSL connection meaning it doubles the downstream data rate of 12Mbits/s to 24 Mbits/s. Both lose speed over distance. Therefore the greatest advantage in upgrading to ADSL2+ is its speed. It is presently one of the fastest means we have of connecting to the internet.

The price of ADSL2+ has remained quite static and offers from companies like TPG have helped keep competition in the market at a maximum. You can choose to purchase Naked ADSL2+ and lower your costs even further. In this way you can get a cheaper connection and you don’t need a home phone. A Naked ADSL2+ connection will still require a connection from your home to the telephone exchange, but if you no longer use the connection as a telephone line it can be dedicated to your broadband internet and effectively become an ULL line that connects to TPG’s DSLAM. This arrangement will allow you to obtain high speed broadband internet without any telephone component.

It is important that you work out how much data usage you will be needing and base the broadband internet plan you purchase on that factor. It is a waste of your money to pay for data that you will never use.

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