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In 2009 , TransACT again became one of the very first provider in the world to commence greenfield roll-out and upgrade of existing VDSL access network to [[VDSL2]], the most advanced and fastest digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband technology commercially available, commencing with a number of medium- to high-density developments in Canberra’s more established suburbs. |
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The upgrade increases broadband speeds by up to four times, compared to the fastest existing [[ADSL2+]] networks used by most carriers. As with the the existing VDSL network, VDSL2 products also include [[Triple play (telecommunications)|triple-play]] services. |
The upgrade increases broadband speeds by up to four times, compared to the fastest existing [[ADSL2+]] networks used by most carriers. As with the the existing VDSL network, VDSL2 products also include [[Triple play (telecommunications)|triple-play]] services. |
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By mid 2009 , multiples sites including The Avenue on Northbourne Avenue, Skyplaza in Woden and The Gateway at Kingston Foreshore were upgraded to VDSL2 with more projects currently underway. |
By mid 2009 , multiples sites including The Avenue on Northbourne Avenue, Skyplaza in Woden and The Gateway at Kingston Foreshore were upgraded to VDSL2 with more projects currently underway. |
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Revision as of 02:28, 9 June 2010
 | It has been suggested that Grapevine (internet service provider) be merged into this article. (Discuss) Proposed since September 2008. |
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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Subscription Television Telecommunications |
| Founded | 2001 |
| Headquarters | Canberra, Australia |
Key people | Wayne Bouffler (CTO) Ivan Slavich CEO John Mackay, Chairman |
| Products | TransTV Digital TransWEB TransMOBILE TransTALK TransSELECT |
| Website | www.transact.com.au |
TransACT Capital Communications is an Australian telecommunications company based in Canberra which provides broadband internet access, fixed telephony, cable television services, and mobile phone services in Canberra and a subset of these services in Queanbeyan, throughout South-east New South Wales and in Victoria. The company is part-owned by ActewAGL (the main energy and water utility company in the Australian Capital Territory) and since February 2004 TransACT has contracted many of their administrative and marketing functions to ActewAGL.
The development of TransACT's vision and business plan commenced in 1996, led by a small team comprising Robin Eckermann (Chief Architect), Joe Ceccato, Robert Clarke and Jane Taylor, working under the guidance of ACTEW Executive Neville Smith. One of the distinguishing features of the business model was the adoption of an open access network or OAN philosophy - many years before this approach attracted widespread interest around the world. The National Broadband Network or NBN is also modeled on similar OAN philosophy separating the wholesale and retail businesses.
TransACT operates the open network in collaboration with ten [[ISP ]s. These include a mix of large national organizations and smaller local operations. One of the ISPs (Grapevine) which was previously owned by both TransACT and ActewAGL has been taken onboard by TransACT as a wholly owned subsidiary in March 2010.
The telco has an extensive build up of fibre networks in the ACT . SDH,ATM and IP/MPLS Metro Ethernet technologies are used to deliver services via dedicated hubs or gateways that are build around the region. Services are delivered to various businesses,government departments and residential customers via a diverse range of Access networks.
The first broadband platform rolled out known as Phase 1 network was based on FTTC (fibre to the curb) design with nodes being placed within 300 metres of premises. SDH backbone is used to transport voice,data and video whereas VDSL technology is used as the access network to get a customers connected to TransACT's high speed broadband and digital TV services. Co-incidentally, TransACT also became the first telco in Australia to implement this particular high speed broadband technology much superior to ADSL which was prominent throughout the country at that time. TransACT remains as the only telco to support VDSL and the products are still actively sold with network reachability to over 25,000 homes in the ACT.
The Phase 2 rollout involved TransACT placing its own DSLAM equipment within Telstra exchanges and utilising their own fibre-optic backhaul to their main data centre in Dickson, ACT. TransACT completed their ADSL 2/2+ rollout on 1 March 2007. The Phase 2 network is available to anyone outside of Phase 1 with a Telstra phone line in Canberra and Queanbeyan, as long as they are within sufficient distance of their telephone exchange - as with any ADSL service.
In 2009 , TransACT again became one of the very first provider in the world to commence greenfield roll-out and upgrade of existing VDSL access network to VDSL2, the most advanced and fastest digital subscriber line (DSL) broadband technology commercially available, commencing with a number of medium- to high-density developments in Canberra’s more established suburbs.
The upgrade increases broadband speeds by up to four times, compared to the fastest existing ADSL2+ networks used by most carriers. As with the the existing VDSL network, VDSL2 products also include triple-play services.
By mid 2009 , multiples sites including The Avenue on Northbourne Avenue, Skyplaza in Woden and The Gateway at Kingston Foreshore were upgraded to VDSL2 with more projects currently underway.
The telco is the first to build a dedicated G.984 (GPON) based FTTH or FTTP gateway offering broadband services at up to 100Mbps download and 20Mbps upload speeds for residential and business customers . The gateway build in the suburb of Forde in the Gungahlin township trunks back to TransACT's core MPLS network . With such infrastructure in place , TransACT is able to offer triple-play services to customers via fibre without the need for any copper in the path thus, enabling higher bitrates. Similar PON technology and network hierarchy has been chosen by NBNco Limited, the company established in 2009 to design, build and operate the National Broadband Network
As end of 2009 , five new greenfield suburbs namely Forde, Franklin, Crace, Casey, Bonner, some parts of Kingston and the Flemington road corridor were all wired-up for this next generation technology with many new suburbs expected to come on-board in the ACT region. As of mid-2010, the total number of premises passed-through has reached almost 11,000.
TransACT also offers a range of wholesale services to business and ISP customers, including Colocation, IP transit, Peering, data centre services, MPLS VPN , point-to-point and point-to-multipoint connections including VLL and VPLS services of up to 1 Gbit/s for customers anywhere on their network.
In may 2010 , TransACT once again tiptoed the local telecommunications giants to launch the first IPTV product bundled with a feature packed set-top box capable of handling High-definition video with onboard Personal video recorder functionalities.