We’re pleased to announce the latest addition to the Westnet Freezone – live audio broadcasts from the Wildcats NBL home games.

• All home games broadcast live

• Up to seven away games broadcast live

• Key commentator ex-Wildcat Eric Watterson with other guest commentators including Ricky Grace, Andrew Vlahov and other Wildcats legends.

• Listen to action packed games, quota free!

Don’t miss a minute of the action for what promises to be an exciting basketball season!

Visit MyWestnet Freezone right here today.

Alley-oop!

Thanks to our relationship with iiNet, we’re thrilled to bring you a brand new section to MyWestnet; Westnet Freezone!

The Westnet Freezone will give you access to an expanding range of hot content and the best thing is - it’s free! Freezone is a selection of servers and sites on the internet where you can download from without it counting towards your monthly download limit. Freezone will take the place of Westnet Neighbourhood and Westnet Vault for unmetered traffic. You will get on-demand access to:

• 2008/09 Barclays Premier League

• NASA TV

• Drift Racing

• Golf: Overcoming the Majors

• Wake up! WA

• Cruizin’

• Macquarie Digital

• New Radio Stations

• Online Gaming Sites

• Download Sites and Mirrors

Click here to find out more!

Are you a Westnet Hosting customer? Want to WIN a Sony PSP?

Be one of the first to try our new Hosting product – HostingPlus and you’ll be in the running to win one of two Sony PSPs (valued at $299 each), or one of three $200 Coles gift vouchers.

Westnet are inviting existing Hosting customers to trial our new improved hosting product, HostingPlus which gives you greater control, pure flexibility and access to make changes day or night. The new platform uses world renowned Parallels (formally SWSoft) PSA/PEM technology.

Coupled with the chance to WIN a great prize, you’ve got to be in it to win it!

So if you are willing to test and provide feedback to Westnet on your trial experience and understand you will be trialing a beta version of the product (which is still subject to some additional development & improvement), simply email hostingtrial@westnet.com.au and we’ll help determine if you meet the trial criteria.

Windows, Linux, database sites are acceptable, but it is advisable no business critical websites can be included in the trial as the servers can experience downtime without notice. So, if your business relies on its website to make money (e.g. has a shopping cart or reservations system of any kind) you will not be eligible for this trial.

What happens after registering your interest?

Register your interest by Friday 18 July and as soon as you have been approved as suitable for the trial, our Domains team will contact you to help set up the migration of your domain.

Then all you have to do to be in the running to win one of these great prizes is provide feedback on your experience via an online survey we’ll ask you to partake in.

It’s so easy!

We’ll be on hand throughout the migration and trial process to help with anything you need.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Have you heard about our hot new webmail platform? It’s an exciting product development for Westnet and will see fresh, feature rich, more complete email products offering users an innovative email experience.

We’re so close to launching ‘Webmail’ and we’re calling on YOU to be among the first group of customers to experience it – and all you have to do in return is offer your feedback and complete a mini survey for us. By agreeing to take part in the beta stage of this major rollout, not only will you enjoy all of the new features listed below (and more!), you also stand to win one of two iPod touches (worth $399!) or one of three sets of $50 Myer Vouchers.

Some of the new features include:
• innovative new design
• integration between web pages and your mailbox
• greater email management functionality
• enjoy a faster and more powerful search function
• user tags and message flags
• preview URL images and documents
• import calendars
• exporting emails
• share calendars

The trial will be available from the 3rd June through until the 16th of June and will give you an opportunity to help Westnet refine its email system and assist in its reliability. If you would like to help out by being a beta tester for Webmail and get your voice heard, please email webmail@westnet.com.au .

We will acknowledge your application and be in touch with the next steps.
Please note : We are unable to take applications from Westnet Mail Hosting customers and those who require the mailr.westnet.com.au service.

Hi all,

Great news! Westnet is increasing the monthly download allowance on our 8Mbps Boost Broadband1 plans.

The increase in download allowance will be in effect Monday 18 February 2008.
Plan Name Peak Off Peak
Option 1 1GB /2GB
Option 2 7GB/ 10GB
Option 3 15GB/ 25GB
Option 4 25GB/ 45GB
Option 5 40GB /80GB

Members currently signed up on a Boost plan will be notified on Monday 18 February.

Changes to the member’s account can be viewed via MyAccount, as they may not be reflected in their next invoice due to billing cycles.

What if a member’s account has already been ‘shaped’ this month?
If they’ve already been ‘shaped’ but have not reached the new download allowance, ‘shaping’ will be removed. If they have been ‘shaped’ and have already exceeded the new limit, they will return to normal speeds at the commencement of the new month.

What if the account is in ‘held’ status?
As soon as the account is activated, they will receive the upgrade in download allowance.

Will excess charges change?
No – but they will come into effect as the new download allowance limit is reached (unless the ‘shaping’ option is enabled).

Hey there!
Have you jumped on the Westnet Blog and noticed something a little different?

We’ve had a bit of a makeover

Apart from all the nice, shiny looking pages in line with our main Westnet website, the new design will aid us from behind the scenes so we can bring you the best of everything and anything to do with Westnet.

Enjoy!

Westnet staff embraced all things Halloween today by decorating their office area and coming to work decked out in Halloween attire. Staff have been enjoying cakes, lollies, Subway and other snacks throughout the day. Our “Training Room” has also become the “Halo 3 Room” for the day for staff enjoyment.

Like most things in Westnet, our themed and dress up days seem to get bigger and better each year. Below are some pictures of the fun that has been going on in the office today.

We are delighted to announce the full launch of Westnet Satellite Broadband service today (Wednesday 19 September 2007).

With support from the Australian Government, we’re also participating in the Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) initiative. You can check your eligibility via http://bcoms.dcita.gov.au/BSL/. If you’re eligible, you will receive a complimentary standard Satellite connection (valued at $2,750)! Plus, as an introductory offer, members will also receive the first six months of Satellite internet at half price.
The range of Satellite plans are available on our website, (www.westnet.com.au/internet.satellite)

Westnet is introducing a new webmail platform full of powerful features designed to make webmail intuitive and easier to use.

The change over will take place in a staggered fashion (in ‘groups’ of customers), kicking off in November 2007 with an expected finish by the end of the year. Change over should take place overnight (midnight to 4am), on weeknights (Monday to Thursday) during this period.

Existing members should experience only a minor interruption of up to 5 minutes to their service during the migration – but existing emails, address book, tasks, notes, calendars, sent, archived and forwarded email, folders, and email flags will all be carried over to the new platform.

The new features include:

• innovative new design
• integration between web pages and your mailbox
• greater email management functionality
• enjoy a faster and more powerful search function
• use tags and message flags
• preview URL images and documents
• import calendars
• exporting emails
• share calendars

There will be two plans made available from launch; a free email plan to all Westnet members, and a more powerful plan available to those customers who currently pay for email protection.

All Westnet webmail users will be migrated to their new email account which will offer greater functionality and a new look, when compared with their existing Westnet webmail.

From early 2008, members can also opt to upgrade to higher end plan offering cutting edge functionality including mobile integration – a world class email experience to be offered at reasonable prices.

We’ll place more information about the new email platform on the Westnet website over the coming weeks to help members get a sneak preview of the system