Telecommunications
Telecommunications technology in Lake Macquarie
- The city’s landline telephone network offers Integrated Switch Digital Network (ISDN) to the majority of homes and businesses.
- A digital mobile network offers exceptional coverage, allowing worldwide roaming, Short Message Service (SMS), and voicemail services.
- Internet access is available from numerous local and national service providers, with broadband internet available in most areas via Asymmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL), broadband cable, or broadband satellite.
Service Providers
Lake Macquarie residents and businesses benefit from a full range of telecommunication systems from a host of suppliers.
Telstra offers an inter-exchange network with full redundancy that uses optical fibre transmission paths and Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) technology.
Telstra’s optical fibre trunk link running down the western side of the lake means communication-reliant enterprises can locate with confidence. Network access ranges from standard analogue lines to large megabit bearers allowing voice, data, and image transmission.
The Australian internet backbone network has several nodes in the Hunter. HunterLink an e-commerce specialist with a local internet data centre. They received the coveted ATUG Award: ‘Best Broadband Solution in the Hunter Valley 2005.