Meningie, South Australia
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Meningie (, postcode 5264, altitude 34 m) is a town on the southeast side of Lake Albert in South Australia. It is on the Princes Highway near The Coorong and was surveyed in 1866. [1]
Meningie was the first town in Australia to have ADSL broadband installed without using a Telstra DSLAM. Agile Communications installed their own DSLAM in Meningie in October 2003, following on from having established a microwave network connecting to Adelaide in May 2001. Agile's associated internet service provider, Internode Systems offered services through this DSLAM. [2]
Meningie is in the Coorong District Council, state electoral district of Hammond and federal Division of Barker.
[edit] References
- ^ Meningie, South Australia. Placenames Online. Government of South Australia. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
- ^ Simon Wright. "Internode launches own ADSL network", Whirlpool, 2003-10-03. Retrieved on June 19, 2006.
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