The 12-month infrastructure deployment program, will allow Internode to install ADSL2+ broadband equipment at 57 telephone exchanges nationally and expand capacity at 115 telephone exchanges where its equipment is already installed, with more than half of the exchanges located in Victoria.
The ISP currently operates more than 50,000 of its own ADSL2+ broadband ports at 120 telephone exchanges nationally.
Under the plan, Internode will install its Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) to an additional 10 telephone exchanges in Tasmania.
Although it offers ADSL2+ broadband services nationally through wholesale access agreements with Telstra and Optus, Internode plans to install its own broadband equipment to improve service quality, create a platform for expanded service delivery and to reduce its operating costs.
Internode CEO Patrick Tapper said the $10 million investment was to meet Internode's needs for the next three or four years.
"This is to both meet the needs of our growing customer base and to avoid the logjam that occurs when we and other ISPs want to install equipment in telephone exchanges run by Telstra," he said.
"If we do it well in advance, then we avoid delays that can cause demand to get ahead of delivery."
Tapper said the Federal Government's abandonment of the Fibre to the Node network (FTTN) had cleared the way for Internode to make this major investment.
"By removing the disruptive threat of the FTTN, we can proceed with a major investment that will pay its way over several years," he said.
Tapper said Internode installed its DSLAM equipment at exchanges based on customer demand and to achieve strategic objectives.
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