What Types of Business Internet Connections Does Maxinet Offer?

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Maxinet offers five business internet connection types: Fibre, Ethernet, Fixed Wireless, NBN, and SHDSL/ADSL. Fibre connections are advertised at speeds up to 1000Mbps. The right choice depends on your location, the speeds your business needs, and how much downtime you can tolerate — Maxinet positions all of these options around greater efficiency, less downtime, and lower costs for small and medium businesses.

The connection types at a glance

Connection type What it is Where it tends to fit
Fibre High-speed internet, advertised up to 1000Mbps Businesses needing the highest available speed and reliability
Ethernet Business-grade Ethernet connection Sites needing dedicated, scalable bandwidth
Fixed Wireless Internet delivered over a wireless link Locations where fixed-line options are limited
NBN Australia's national broadband network General business broadband where NBN is available
SHDSL / ADSL Legacy copper-based broadband Smaller sites or backup links where fibre isn't practical

How to choose between them

Work through these in order, because each one narrows the field:

  1. Check what's available at your address. Fibre, Ethernet, and NBN all depend on infrastructure reaching your premises. Fixed Wireless and SHDSL/ADSL exist partly to cover gaps where fibre isn't an option.
  2. Match speed to workload. If your business depends on cloud applications, large file transfers, or many simultaneous users, Fibre (up to 1000Mbps) is the natural starting point. Lighter or single-site use may be well served by NBN or a copper-based service.
  3. Decide how much downtime is acceptable. Maxinet frames its internet services around less downtime — if an outage directly stops your revenue, prioritise the more resilient options and ask about redundancy.
  4. Consider a secondary connection. A common pattern for small and medium businesses is a primary fibre or Ethernet link with a Fixed Wireless or SHDSL/ADSL service as backup.

What Maxinet says about its own service

Maxinet describes itself as an independent Australian company providing internet and voice services to small and medium businesses since 1997. It advertises "truly personal service with no offshore call centres or laborious call queues," and its site carries the tagline "More like a partner than a supplier."

Customer testimonials on the site reinforce the service angle rather than technical specifications. One client, Into Images/iDigital Australia, says they have worked with Maxinet for over 10 years and found them to provide "a fast, reliable & secure level of service that is tailored to our needs." Another, the Skin & Cancer Foundation Australia, describes the service as "stable, no fuss and problem free."

What the website doesn't tell you

The available information does not list pricing, contract terms, or specific availability by suburb or region for any of these connection types. Speed and suitability claims are general. Before deciding, confirm with Maxinet directly:

  • Whether fibre or Ethernet can be delivered to your specific address
  • Actual upload and download speeds for your location
  • Contract length, setup costs, and any installation fees
  • What service level or uptime commitment applies

Maxinet offers a free 20-minute consultation and a phone callback request through its contact page, which is the most direct way to get location-specific answers.

Quick decision guide

  • Need maximum speed and reliability, and fibre reaches you: Fibre (up to 1000Mbps).
  • Need dedicated bandwidth for a larger site: Ethernet.
  • Fibre isn't available at your location: Fixed Wireless or NBN, depending on what's serviceable.
  • Small site, light usage, or need a backup link: SHDSL/ADSL.
  • Not sure: Start with the availability check, then use the free consultation to match a connection type to your workload.