Australian broadband innovator Internode has announced a major overhaul of its Business ADSL broadband plans with a compelling combination of boosted data quotas and reduced prices.

As well as cutting $30 from the cost of an entry-level Business ADSL2+ service to just $59, Internode has introduced its first truly Unlimited quota Business ADSL2+ plans, starting from $299. These prices include a $10 discount offered when these plans are bundled with a NodeLine Business phone service.

In this radical revision of its Business plans, Internode now offers just three tiers of Business ADSL services: Business-Extreme and Business-NakedExtreme plans, running at ADSL2+ Annex M speeds as fast as 24 megabits per second (Mb/s); and Business-Fast plans, with high speed ADSL1/ADSL2+ available nationwide.

All Business ADSL plans running at 1.5 Mb/s or slower have been ‘grandfathered’, which means they are maintained for existing customers but are no longer offered for sale.

Internode Business ADSL plans offer broadband services that are designed specifically to meet the needs of commercial and corporate organisations. Features include priority technical support, static IP addresses, optional subnets, download-only quotas and half-cent per megabyte excess charges. Internode has also introduced a maximum excess charge of $299 per month across the range.

Internode product manager Jim Kellett said the standout feature of the Business plan overhaul was providing larger data quotas for less money. “Business ADSL plans haven't received as much attention in recent plan upgrades, so we decided it was time for an extreme makeover!” he said.

National broadband trailblazer Internode has unveiled breakthrough Fibre to the Home (FTTH) prices for its NBN Stage One pilot program in Tasmania, with a 25 megabit per second plan costing just $29.95.

Internode’s aggressive entry-level fibre price is $10 less than its cheapest standalone ADSL broadband plans – the ADSL Standard or Extreme ADSL2+ plans – which each cost $39.95 a month.

Internode has released 15 FTTH plans, which are available only to people living in the three areas serviced by the NBN Stage One pilot program, run by NBN Tasmania.

Prices for Internode FTTH plans in the Tasmanian pilot – published at www.internode.on.net/nbn – will be charged monthly until June 30, 2011, when official NBN wholesale pricing is expected to be available.

Internode’s $29.95 entry-level plan, with a 15 gigabyte (GB) data quota, has a 25 Mb/s downstream speed and 2 Mb/s upstream. Its 50 Mb/s plans cost from $39.95 while 100 Mb/s plans start at $59.95. There are no long term contracts or early termination charges on any of the plans.

For a limited time, Internode has further sweetened the deal by offering free fibre setup for customers in the northern Tasmanian towns of Smithton and Scottsdale and the Hobart suburb of Midway Point.