Business Internet Access

While virtually all businesses depend on the Internet, some depend on it more than others.

Recommended if you:

	Operate a transactional website (e-commerce, for instance) or one that gathers personal information about its visitors and provides a personalised experience in return
	Have lots of staff using the Internet at any one time
	Serve large overseas markets and provide around the clock information to your customers
	Require multiple public IP addresses

What is it?

Business Internet Access is TelstraClear’s premium Internet service. It provides fast, configurable, highly reliable, high performance Internet access.

Business Internet Access will be delivered directly to your business, bypassing the broadband network, using technologies such as Ethernet, Wireless, or a gateway to CityLink.

With every Business Internet Access service there is available the usual clear.net ISP services (dial-up support, webmail, anti-virus, etc.)

What does it do?

• Delivers fast Internet – up to 1Gbps (standard broadband starts at around 256Kbps)
• Avoid the broadband blockage. ISPs combine lots of broadband customers onto common equipment, to create an affordable product. With BIA you never share your access bandwidth with more than 3 others, and usually your access is exclusive. In practise you won’t hit any congestion inside the TelstraClear network. For you, it means your throughput closely follows your speed for local traffic.
• Can support a mixture of users and servers more successfully. Whilst a few users can happily share a broadband service, in practical terms it’s more productive to use a faster service if there is a more complicated situation.
• Whereas Broadband is asymmetric – that is, upload speeds are generally significantly slower than download speeds – Business Internet Access is symmetrical. This means your servers will run faster, and your web-sites will appear faster to your clients.
• TelstraClear’s New Generation Network is configured specifically for fast Internet, with inbuilt capacity for growth in Internet traffic well into the future. In technical terms, it can provide load balancing and diversity
• Can be installed with diverse routing to your building to reduce the risk of damage in the street;

Getting Started

You can choose between a fixed rate or managed bandwidth plan. The first will suit you if your usage doesn’t vary much from month to month. If your usage does fluctuate, a managed bandwidth plan will ensure your monthly bill doesn’t, so you can plan your annual Internet spend with confidence.