Launceston becomes Australia’s first Gigabit city
Announcement posted by PR Deadlines 30 May 2017
LAUNCESTON, May 30, 2017. Tasmanian-owned telco Launtel flipped a switch at 11am today that transformed Launceston into Australia’s first Gigabit city.
Launtel is offering the local business community 100 per cent nbn™ fibre-to-the-premise (FttP) connectivity that will enable Gigabit speeds at commercially viable rates.
Launtel Director Damian Ivereigh said: “With speeds that match the world’s fastest countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, Launceston businesses can expand by trading with the world. Fast communications will facilitate business with any of the developed countries, without having to leave home. For instance, Gigabit speeds will allow a local business to control robots overseas through virtual reality.”
He added: “Australian business has been held back by internet speeds that are still playing catch-up. The Akamai State of the Internet report ranks Australia 67th for fixed line internet speeds, behind countries such as Kenya and Latvia. Only 76 per cent of Australians have speeds above 4mb/s - we’ll be delivering 1,000mb/s.”
Ivereigh is confident that Gigabit Launceston can attract more companies and employment to Tasmania. He cites US city Chattanooga where a gigabit economy has led to wage growth in line with capital city levels and young people returning to the city as more companies roll into town. He says that Tasmania can achieve similar results.
Launtel will provide its Blue Ocean Gigabit connections to any business with a pure fibre nbn™ connection, which is 10x faster than the former maximum and 100x faster than the national average. Launtel’s low contention ratios enable a file to be downloaded faster from the cloud than from a USB stick.
“We are providing a service that is so fast that internet speed is no longer a limiting factor in business productivity,” says Ivereigh. “It removes the disadvantages of distance for Tasmania and puts us in the box seat to grab all opportunities.”
Gigabit origins
Launceston and Hobart were Australia’s first cities Australia to be ‘turned on’ to the original nbn™ ‘pure fibre’ network of fibre-to-the-premises (FttP). Political decisions saw the rollout change for parts of Tasmania and almost all the Australian mainland to be fibre-to-the-node (FttN), which connects to a node in a local neighbourhood then uses copper lines to take data into the premises. This compromises network speed, capability and reliability. Launtel, by negotiating network availability through nbn™ and TasmaNet, decided to take advantage of a pure fibre network and the results are now available to Tasmanian organisations.
Gigabit Tasmania
Tasmania becomes the only ‘smart-state’ in Australia able to harness the economic benefits of a modern first-world economy.
When first iPhone was announced 10 years ago, businesses used the internet to exchange emails and book flights. Now, the internet underpins world trade and is the foundation for our future economy. Untold opportunities and advancing technology await businesses in the next five years. Without Gigabit connectivity, those opportunities will pass Australia by unless business can compete with developing economies.
Gigabit connectivity catapults Launceston into an escalating number of Gigacities that boast the world’s fastest internet, including Amsterdam, Moscow, Singapore, Toronto, Barcelona and fast-growing Hyderabad. Launceston will be leading traditional megacities such as Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Paris and New York.
About Launtel
Launtel Pty Ltd (Launceston Telecom) began trading in 2007 under sole director Damian Ivereigh. The company has grown to include a full team of staff including experienced technicians and administrative people, and is now also a specialist in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technologies.
Launtel was born out of Damian’s frustration with the impersonal service that he and small business associates experienced with large telcos. Launtel generally has no contracts – customer stay because they want to, not because they have to.
Supported by experienced technical staff and administrative staff, Launtel provides highly personalised services to small to medium enterprise in Tasmania.
For more information
Damian Ivereigh, Launtel.
damo@launtel.net.au
+61.418 217582
David Frost,
PR Deadlines, for Launtel.
davidf@prdeadlines.com.au
+61.2.7903 9567
Launtel is offering the local business community 100 per cent nbn™ fibre-to-the-premise (FttP) connectivity that will enable Gigabit speeds at commercially viable rates.
Launtel Director Damian Ivereigh said: “With speeds that match the world’s fastest countries such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Japan, Launceston businesses can expand by trading with the world. Fast communications will facilitate business with any of the developed countries, without having to leave home. For instance, Gigabit speeds will allow a local business to control robots overseas through virtual reality.”
He added: “Australian business has been held back by internet speeds that are still playing catch-up. The Akamai State of the Internet report ranks Australia 67th for fixed line internet speeds, behind countries such as Kenya and Latvia. Only 76 per cent of Australians have speeds above 4mb/s - we’ll be delivering 1,000mb/s.”
Ivereigh is confident that Gigabit Launceston can attract more companies and employment to Tasmania. He cites US city Chattanooga where a gigabit economy has led to wage growth in line with capital city levels and young people returning to the city as more companies roll into town. He says that Tasmania can achieve similar results.
Launtel will provide its Blue Ocean Gigabit connections to any business with a pure fibre nbn™ connection, which is 10x faster than the former maximum and 100x faster than the national average. Launtel’s low contention ratios enable a file to be downloaded faster from the cloud than from a USB stick.
“We are providing a service that is so fast that internet speed is no longer a limiting factor in business productivity,” says Ivereigh. “It removes the disadvantages of distance for Tasmania and puts us in the box seat to grab all opportunities.”
Gigabit origins
Launceston and Hobart were Australia’s first cities Australia to be ‘turned on’ to the original nbn™ ‘pure fibre’ network of fibre-to-the-premises (FttP). Political decisions saw the rollout change for parts of Tasmania and almost all the Australian mainland to be fibre-to-the-node (FttN), which connects to a node in a local neighbourhood then uses copper lines to take data into the premises. This compromises network speed, capability and reliability. Launtel, by negotiating network availability through nbn™ and TasmaNet, decided to take advantage of a pure fibre network and the results are now available to Tasmanian organisations.
Gigabit Tasmania
Tasmania becomes the only ‘smart-state’ in Australia able to harness the economic benefits of a modern first-world economy.
When first iPhone was announced 10 years ago, businesses used the internet to exchange emails and book flights. Now, the internet underpins world trade and is the foundation for our future economy. Untold opportunities and advancing technology await businesses in the next five years. Without Gigabit connectivity, those opportunities will pass Australia by unless business can compete with developing economies.
Gigabit connectivity catapults Launceston into an escalating number of Gigacities that boast the world’s fastest internet, including Amsterdam, Moscow, Singapore, Toronto, Barcelona and fast-growing Hyderabad. Launceston will be leading traditional megacities such as Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Paris and New York.
About Launtel
Launtel Pty Ltd (Launceston Telecom) began trading in 2007 under sole director Damian Ivereigh. The company has grown to include a full team of staff including experienced technicians and administrative people, and is now also a specialist in VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technologies.
Launtel was born out of Damian’s frustration with the impersonal service that he and small business associates experienced with large telcos. Launtel generally has no contracts – customer stay because they want to, not because they have to.
Supported by experienced technical staff and administrative staff, Launtel provides highly personalised services to small to medium enterprise in Tasmania.
For more information
Damian Ivereigh, Launtel.
damo@launtel.net.au
+61.418 217582
David Frost,
PR Deadlines, for Launtel.
davidf@prdeadlines.com.au
+61.2.7903 9567