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About Internet Direct

What is Telstra Internet Direct?

Telstra Internet Direct offers you a high performance, carrier grade, dedicated connection to one of the largest Internet backbone in Australia, utilising Telstra's breadth of data access services.

Whether you're a small business, corporation, government organisation or an educational institution, Telstra Internet Direct can provide the right solution for you.

Standard features and benefits of Telstra Internet Direct include:

• Tier One ISP - you connect to one of Australia's largest Tier 1 Internet backbone providers.
• Geographic reach - over 85 PoPs (Points of Presence) across Australia provide a solution in capital cities and most regional areas.
• Dedicated Internet access - fast, Internet access with a high level of reliability.
• Extensive choice of data access methods - including dedicated modem, ISDN, ADSL, Business DSL, Megalink, DDS Fastway®, Frame Relay, ATM and Ethernet MAN to suit your access requirements.#
• Range of speeds^ from up to 56kbps with dedicated modems through to up to 1Gbps with Ethernet MAN.
• Seamless solutions - you can choose from a range of packages bundling Internet connectivity via high speed data access services. You can provide your own customer equipment or Telstra can source, install and (in some cases) support the equipment for you.
• Specialist customer support - 24/7 technical help desk and network management.
• Static IP addresses - up to 512 IP addresses.
• Optional features - including BGP-4 routing, Primary/Secondary DNS, Secondary MX, proxy cache to assist managing your network.
• Online management & reporting tools - for analysing and managing Internet business requirements including real time traffic statistics and weekly reporting, plus secure online statement of charges and account management.
• Telstra Exchange Mail - If you don't wish to maintain your own mail server infrastructure, you can take up Telstra Exchange Mail with your service. Additional charges apply.