That Telstra Internet and Optus Spinnaker are the main Australia wide components of the Internet. AARNet is the Australian Academic Research Network, it is managed by the AV-CC . What are protocols and how they enable communication across the Internet. Telstra provides an Internet service within Australia called Telstra Internet . Optus provides an internet service called Optus Spinnaker .
End users connect to the internet by way of the Internet service providers.
Corporations may have their own overseas telecommunication links or have these provided by a third party without connecting through Telstra or Optus. Here is a schematic map of AARNet showing how RNOs are connected. Telstra provides a map showing their connections within Australia and to the the rest of the word. For details of how the Telstra network is performing you can look at Telstra Internet Network Performance Reports or for AARNet performance see AVCC-AARNet Regional Network Organization network performance. All rights reserved.