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Technology park - wired for success!
A wealth of services are currently available and being used by
both small organisations with modest requirements through to organisations
that have high bandwidth demand. Located six kilometres from the
Central Business District, adjacent to Curtin University, Technology
Park's 42-hectare area boasts a comprehensive depth and breadth
of telecommunications capability and capacity.
For smaller organisations, traditional voice and data services
are available using PSTN based services. The availability of ADSL
in the Park, which can be provided by a number of service providers,
means that small companies can easily connect up to 1.5Mbps within
a matter of days.
Alternative wireless based services such as EfTel's RadioWAN is
growing in popularity and a number of tenants have subscribed to
this type of service with typical bandwidth between 64Kbps and 256Kbps.
EfTel has recently established a Micro-cell in Technology Park to
service this growing demand. Satellite based services are also available
from Telstra, Optus and AAPT.
For high-level usage, which include services from 512Kbps upwards
and predominantly carried over fibre-optic cables or provisioned
through wireless services, tenants have a variety of choice including
ISDN, Frame Relay, ATM, Wireless and GigaBit Ethernet. Amcom.
Telecommunications has undertaken a significant investment in providing
fibre-optic based services throughout the Park and offer services
that typically range from 2Mbps through to 622Mbps. Amcom recently
relocated its point-of-presence (POP) to the Business Centre, located
adjacent to the Technology Park Function Centre to service growing
demand.
Broadband / Internet services
As with many locations in Australia, the provision of “Local
Loop” services are still dominated by Telstra, though de-regulation
in the telecommunications industry has stimulated competitive pricing
from other leading carriers via access to Telstra tails: this in
turn is giving rise to competitively priced “Broadband”
services.
Curtin University operates its own private fibre-optic infrastructure,
which is used to connect its various business units that are located
throughout the Park.
The combined availability of terrestrial, wireless and satellite
services creates a highly competitive environment for obtaining
a range of Internet Services.
Technology Park has access to a large number of Internet Service
Providers that offer services from basic e-mail and browsing through
to the provision of services capable of supporting other Internet
Service Providers. A number of businesses use high-speed Internet
links to connect to distribution channels overseas including the
USA.
Telecommunications
While large scale use of PABX systems are not evident at this time,
the availability of telecommunications infrastructure is well suited
to support Call Centre style services.
Another location management decision-making criteria these days
is provisioning for business continuity in the event of disaster
and the Park's proximity to the city and location amidst multiple
telephone exchanges positions it well for redundancy and access
to emerging technologies.
Most of the Carriers that currently provide services to the Park
have provision for redundancy and their networks are fully managed.
The majority offer help desk services and a range of other value-added
services.
A wide selection of mobile phone services is available through
most Carriers due to the Park's proximity to the Central Business
District.
The most active Carriers in the Park are Amcom, DSLNet, and Telstra,
though the AAPT and Optus can also offer a range of services, by
accessing wholesale service arrangements.
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