Telstra have announced an uplink speed increase of up to 5.8Mbps for their Next G network.

The new speed is theoretical with real time achievable speeds expected to hover between 300kbps – 3Mbps. Even these speeds will only be obtainable by customers in major metropolitan, and some regional areas, as those residing in areas other than this will receive between 300kbps – 1Mbps.

Customers with Telstra who already have the Telstra Turbo 21 mobile broadband USB will be able to take advantage of the faster uplink speeds as from today.

Compare Telstra BigPond Wireless and Mobile Broadband Plans right here at Broadband Guide. http://broadbandguide.com.au/bigpond/plans

BigPond Mobile Card pricing starts at $299 and for those seeking a BigPond Wireless Broadband Plan from their residence, a Home Network Gateway Modem will cost you $299. Hang on though, if you take out a 36 month contract, these modem and card prices will become a rebate and whats more, you could be eligible for half price internet access for the first 12 months!

Hey, BigPond’s value for money doesn’t finish just there either. On top of the BigPond Offer, they’ve also increased their wireless broadband speeds. That’s right. If you connect to a BigPond Wireless Plan and purchase a BigPond 21 USB Mobile Card, you’ll be able to access speeds bursting up to 8Mbps which matches, if not surpasses, most fixed line broadband speeds!

BigPond Wireless Access has never been more affordable, faster and accessible to more of the population than any other provider, than ever before. Grab yourself BigPond Mobile Broadband or Wireless Internet for your home and find out for yourself, just why wireless broadband is becoming so popular!

Compare BigPond Wireless Broadband right here at Youcompare Broadband.

Telstra BigPond customers now have access to high speed broadband Internet with the release of the new  BigPond 21 USB Mobile Card for their NextG Network. Typical download speeds achievable with the new device burst up to and between 550Kbps – 8Mbps in selected CBD, metropolitan and regional areas.

The new BigPond USB Mobile Card is equipped with a microSD slot; a 1GB microSD memory card; an external antenna; and can be used with Microsoft Windows XP and Vista operating systems, however Mac users will have to wait until May for a compatible version.

Now we have a USB Mobile Card that theoretically should get you up to 5 times the speed of a standard fixed line ADSL plan. A great time to purchase or transfer to a wireless or Mobile Broadband Plans from Telstra BigPond. Get your new Next G 21Mbps USB Mobile Card from a T[life] store or Telstra Shop from today onward. 

Telstra currently have a special offer for all eligible Telstra customers that entails a device rebate and half price monthly access for the first 12 months when signing up to a 36 month plan contract.

Compare Telstra BigPond NextG Wireless Broadband Plans right here at Broadband Guide.

Telstra have just announced yet another upgrade with Next G planned  to make the jump to ‘hyper speed’ with 21Mbps speeds to be introduced in 2008 followed by speeds up to 42Mbps in 2009.

At the GSMA Mobile World Congress conference in Barcelona, Telstra CEO ‘Sol Trujillo’ announced the exciting news for increased wireless Broadband speeds across their Next G network using HSPA+ technology. No firm dates as yet, however a jump from the current 14.4Mbps that’s currently achievable to 42Mbps in the next year or so will open up opportunities for new and optimized voice, data and video transmissions.

“We have an evolution roadmap with Ericsson which will deliver customers speeds of 21 Mbps in 2008 across our national Next G network – a world first – and 42 Mbps in 2009 using HSPA+ technology. Our partnership with Ericsson continues to break the speed barrier,”

Read the entire article at itnews.com.au

Managing director of the Telstra Wide group ‘Geoff Booth’ recently announced that Telstra BigPond’s Next G network coverage has been extended to include Cradle Mountain and Bass Strait in Tasmania. The increase in coverage is expected to greatly assist emergency servicess around the Cradle Mountain area along with the provision of many services for passengers aboard the Spirit of Tasmania.

Assistant Police Commissioner Scott Tilyard said: “From a community safety perspective, access to mobile telephone and wireless internet services in the Cradle Mountain area will enhance the operational response capability of police and other emergency services, especially for incidents such as search and rescue and road crashes.

Passengers can now use ATMs, shop with EFTPOS and get uninterrupted mobile coverage and fast wireless broadband during the Melbourne to Devonport journey,” Mr Booth said.

Read the entire article at News.com.au

Good news for those seeking fast wireless Broadband is that Telstra BigPond have upgraded their Next G wireless network to increase download speeds. The new wireless speeds will now compete with wired household Broadband and in some cases prove to be significantly faster. Bigpond have stated that subscribers will require their new mobile wireless cards to produce speeds up to 6Mbps!  Better still, if you’d like to find out more about the cards and associated wireless Broadband plans, you can do so right here at Broadband Guide.

The turbocharged laptop cards, to be marketed as Telstra Mobile Turbocards and BigPond Wireless Broadband 7.2 cards, deliver download speeds bursting up to 6 Mbps and, for the first time, also boast super fast upload speeds bursting up to 1.3 Mbps.

Telstra Business Group Managing Director, Ms Deena Shiff, said the new turbo cards provided extra speed, flexibility and productivity for businesses to operate seamlessly anywhere there is Next G™ mobile coverage – 98.8% of the Australian population

The turbo card devices are compatible with Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP and support Microsoft Vista. The devices also support Mac OS X 10.4 or later.

BigPond Next G Wireless Broadband at Broadband Guide


Read the entire media announcement at Telstra