1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auloganbookerhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/loganbooker/TPG's Tasmania Customers Now Have Better Internet Speed, After Government Interventionrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zE2txWwDu9"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/03/tpg-relents-to-tasmanian-government-secures-extra-bandwidth-from-telstra-for-damaged-basslink/">TPG’s Tasmania Customers Now Have Better Internet Speed, After Government Intervention</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2016/03/tpg-relents-to-tasmanian-government-secures-extra-bandwidth-from-telstra-for-damaged-basslink/embed/#?secret=zE2txWwDu9" width="600" height="338" title="“TPG’s Tasmania Customers Now Have Better Internet Speed, After Government Intervention” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="zE2txWwDu9" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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It’s been on the cards since Basslink, the power / data carrying cable that connects Tasmania to mainland Australia, was damaged in late December last year. Yet, TPG was happy to leave customers with degraded internet, potentially for months, until intervention from the Tasmanian government forced the ISP’s hand.