Contact Details
		Post		Locked Bag 5744 Canberra ACT 2601 AU
		Phone		1800 655-744
		Fax		(02) 6249 1369
		Email		info@telstra.net
		Web		www.telstra.net

Also trading as Big Pond Direct, Telstra Internet roots begin in AARNet - the first Internet network in Australia. Telstra bought out AARNet in 1995, and have since run the country's largest Internet infrastructure.

Telstra Internet is a separate line of business of Telstra Corporation, mandated to provide Australia's predominant backbone internet service. In this way, Telstra Internet is a National Network Provider for Australia much like Sprint and MCI are in the States.

The Telstra Big Pond Direct service is based on an optimally configured highspeed national and international data network consisting of Cisco routers and high speed Telstra network services. This Telstra Internet network connects to the global Internet via 50Mbps to MCI International in the USA. Australia's most expert staff, running a number of customised computer systems, provide the Internet know-how and keep it running.

TI has maintenance coverage from Brisbane to Perth, Hobart to Darwin. Any time zone, anytime!

	Internet Access
	Network Details
	Links		InternetMCI (US) (106M Sydney - San Francisco) InternetMCI (US) (32M Melbourne - Los Angeles) InternetMCI (US) (8M Perth - Los Angeles) Telstra (New Zealand) (6M Sydney - New Zealand) Kokusai Denshin Denwa (Japan) (2M)
	Company Profile
	Domains		telstra.net aarnet.edu.au
	Principals		Geoff Huston
	See Also		Telstra Big Pond Home

This entry last updated on 29 March 1998

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