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According to the company, Internode NakedExtreme has the "potential to fill in many metropolitan broadband blackspots by throwing off the constraints imposed to make previous ADSL services coexist with a phone service".

By extending broadband reach from 4.1 km to as far as 7.5 km and possibly further, Internode claims it is effectively increasing the potential broadband coverage area for a telephone exchange from about 52 square kilometres to more than 176 sq km.

Internode has launched NakedExtreme nationally, with the exception of Tasmania, where an embargo on high-speed services remains in place due to a lack of competitive backhaul services in that State.

Internode Managing Director Simon Hackett said, "To date, we have succeeded in connecting broadband customers living as far as 7.5 km from the exchange. With that increased radius, we can increase the coverage area by more than three times compared with the previous 4.1km broadband delivery limit, so we see great potential to fill in many of the black spots that exist in metropolitan areas".