Wireless ISP Unwired says it is now covering 250,000 Melbourne homes with its WiMax-like network, after activating four new towers today. The company says it is seeing growing numbers of customers roaming between Sydney and Melbourne with their Unwired modem.
IN BRIEF | Wireless broadband provider Unwired Australia has activated four more of its WiMax-like towers in Melbourne, providing coverage across Kew, Balwyn, Hawthorn, Brunswick, and parts of North East and North Melbourne including Essendon, Ivanhoe, Canterbury and Caulfield.
The company says it now covers 250,000 homes in Melbourne.
"We are seeing more people take advantage of the ability to roam between Sydney and Melbourne with Unwired’s portable service," Unwired CEO David Spence said.
"Unwired users are not held hostage by wires - they can take their internet with them wherever they please in the coverage network, from Essendon to Cheltenham and anywhere in-between," he said.
The complete list of new suburbs covered from today include Kew, Kew East, Balwyn, Brunswick, Hawthorn (North and East), Essendon, Essendon North, Strathmore, McLeod, Yallambie, Alphington, Fairfield, Ivanhoe, Eaglemont, Heidelberg, Rosanna, Viewbank, Lower Plenty, Bulleen, Camberwell (North, South, West and Middle), Canterbury, Armadale, Caulfield North, Coburg and more of Toorak, Balaclava and St Kilda.
However, Unwired does say that some of the above suburbs may only be covered in part.