Netspace Education – serving over 1000 Australian schools

At Netspace we work hard to deliver a reliable, affordable and feature packed broadband service to Australian schools and institutions.

Benefit with Netspace

flexible education plans
specilaised education services
best practice content filtering
top level technical support
great value for money

Netspace Education customers benefit from consistent performance and dependability, education grade content filtering, bonuses such as Netspace Virtual Classroom, as well as accurate and ongoing advice from one of the largest specialist Internet providers to education in the country.

Why not discover 10 reasons to choose Netspace in education, take a look at our education services and plans, and then contact a member of our dedicated education team on 1300 662 440

Netspace VicSmart Education Plans

Thanks to our needs based approach and superb value for money, Netspace is now the largest supplier of VicSmart education Internet services to Victorian schools.

In choosing to join Netspace, your school benefits from unmatched education services and performance, including email for all staff and students, full speed downloads even during peak periods and specialist education support.

Our VicSmart service is now the lowest-cost package available from any ISP and includes the following valuable features:

full speed performance even in peak periods
domain and website hosting at www.yourschool.vic.edu.au
email for all staff and students @yourschool.vic.edu.au
best practice content filtering to block inappropriate web access
usage and login logs for in-school review
web access management to control access by classroom or student
seamless back-end integration
extended hours business-grade technical support
static IP addresses for admin and curriculum networks
free uploads
personalised service from a dedicated account manager

We can also help facilitate in-school web, mail and DNS servers and assist with port redirections

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VicSmart Education Pricing

Netspace VicSmart Education pricing consists of a once-yearly fee and a monthly download charge.

Annual connection fee

Number of students	Annual fee	Combined storage space
Up to 150	$95	400 MB
151 to 350	$295	900 MB
351 to 550	$395	1300 MB
551 or more	$595	2600 MB

Combined storage space is used to store your school's website and email. Figures shown include 200MB of website data storage.

Monthly Download Charges

Your school can choose between the following 12 plans:

Plan Name	Type	Monthly Fee	Included Monthly Downloads	Excess download charges/MB
Small School		$0	120MB	4.4¢
Plan A	pay as you go	4.4¢ MB	—	—
Plan B	prepaid	$99	6GB	4.4¢
Plan C	prepaid	$199	12GB	4.4¢
Plan D	prepaid	$299	24GB	4.4¢
Plan E	prepaid	$599	48GB	4.4¢
Plan F	prepaid	$899	72GB	4.4¢
Plan G	prepaid	$1199	96GB	4.4¢
Plan H	prepaid	$1799	200GB	4.4¢
Plan I	unmetered	$899	2Mbps committed bandwidth	—
Plan J	unmetered	$1349	3Mbps committed bandwidth	—
Plan K	unmetered	$1799	4Mbps committed bandwidth	—

Unmetered Plans
All unmetered plans include our high quality web content filtering and the full compliment of restricted and authenticated access. These unmetered plans are only available in conjunction with each other. This means that you are able to change from one unmetered plan to another from month to month. However these plans are not interchangeable with our range of consumption plans. In other words you will not be able to swap back and forth between bandwidth and consumption plans from month to month.

Unsure what's best for your school?
Contact a member of our dedicated Education team on 1300 662 440 or email the Education Team

Ready to join?
Download a VicSmart Education application form
Download a VicOne redirection form

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DSL Broadband Products

DSL broadband is a cost-effective choice for schools and institutions seeking top-of-the-line performance and guaranteed levels of up-time. Netspace offers a range of DSL broadband options, so why not call the Netspace education team on 1300 662 440 to discuss your requirements.

Other broadband products

For more information, call 1300 662 440.

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Charging and cost control

Schools joining Netspace can say goodbye to complicated and costly systems of Internet charging, monitoring and control. We've secured exclusive pricing and service arrangements for our education customers on the following great software:

Papercut

Papercut Quota allows your school to implement a user-pays type system for both staff and student Internet access. You can create per-user quotas on Internet use, get access to instant usage reports, even manage printing quotas.

Papercut has a special offer for Netspace customers - follow the link below for more details.

Discover more about Papercut for Netspace customers

getbusi

getbusi is a comprehensive software suite for managing Internet access in multi-user environments. Used extensively within Australian schools, getbusi combines powerful bandwidth management, content monitoring and web-based reporting. getbusi fits seamlessly into your school's existing network and can use existing usernames and passwords schemes.

For a limited time Netspace schools can have a FREE getbusi license for 1 month. So what are you waiting for? Trial getbusi now for FREE.

Discover more about getbusi for Netspace customers - www.getbusi.com

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Netspace Virtual Classroom

Netspace Virtual Classroom is a ready-made Intranet/Extranet platform designed specifically for Australian schools.

Netspace Virtual Classroom provides a consistent web-based framework for the delivery of course content and assessment tasks, as well as the monitoring of student progress, grading and reports.

With Netspace Virtual Classroom each of your school's courses can have its own homepage - accessible from both inside and outside the school - detailing course structure, assignments, and interactive options like discussion boards and calendars.

Netspace Virtual Classroom is based on Moodle and includes the following features:

a centralised, school-wide calendar listing global and personal events
course formatting by week, topic or discussion
robust security and access support for teachers, students, administrators and guests
flexible online course activities including forums, journals, quizzes, resources, surveys and assignments
advanced online testing including options for true/false, multiple choice and short answer questions
automatic test scoring, including teacher feedback
adaptable grading system for assessment management
online student journals, notes and personal profiles
students can submit date-stamped assessment in any file format
advanced tracking and reporting on student progress
multi-platform support for Windows and Mac based systems
multiple language support
courses can be shared between schools or published by a central authority for easy download (SCORMS compliant)

For more information on Netspace Virtual Classroom, contact our education team on 1300 662 440 or email education@netspace.net.au

Netspace Virtual Website Server

The Netspace Virtual Website Server has been designed and developed in close consultation with our education customers, specifically to meet the hosting needs of Australian schools and educational institutions.

Based on the Plesk platform, the Netspace Virtual Website Server offers high levels of functionality and performance, and is provided with the following features:

Microsoft Frontpage Server support
full PHP scripting support
full CGI scripting support
MySQL and PostgreSQL databases
traffic and usage reporting
easy web-based administration
Virtual Website Server Control Panel

Netspace Virtual Mail & Content Filtering

By choosing Netspace, your school can provide all staff and students with a personalised email address.

Email can be accessed either via webmail, or through POP3 or IMAP protocols - meaning users are able to utilise mail clients such as Outlook or Outlook Express.

Support for multiple languages is included, as is a highly effective spam and email virus filter to help sustain your school's duty-of-care obligations by filtering out inappropriate content.

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Netspace Education Channel Program

This unique fundraising program allows your school to benefit when students and teachers, their families, friends, and local businesses choose Netspace as their Internet provider.

Funds are raised everytime someone connects to Netspace through your school and you continue to receive funds for as long as they remain a Netspace customer.

Learn more about school fundraising with Netspace.

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10 reasons to choose Netspace

Optimum performance and reliability
Netspace has the largest VicSmart connection of any ISP, meaning our schools can say goodbye to network bottlenecks. By joining Netspace, you're choosing dependable Internet access at download speeds that set the benchmark for VicSmart performance.
Affordability
Netspace understand the education sector and consider it part of our job to make sure Australian schools have access to fast and reliable Internet at a price they can afford.
Enduring value
Netspace are constantly adding features, services and tangible benefits to our education services - as well as continuously reviewing and modifying our Internet plans - to help schools get the best value from their Internet connection.
Experience
Netspace has been serving schools throughout Australia since 1993, making us one of the longest serving expert Internet providers to education in the country. We understand the education industry's needs and requirements, and are here to provide you with helpful advice if you need it.
A growing education product suite
Over a decade of experience in the education market means we understand education's changing needs and pedagogical approaches. Our education product suite includes applications for managing Internet use and classroom content delivery and is constantly evolving to keep our schools at the forefront of information technology.
The Netspace Virtual Classroom
Could your school benefit from a ready-made Intranet/Extranet for the delivery of course materials and assessment? The Netspace Virtual Classroom provides a consistent framework for your school's online presence, including student and staff forums, journals, quizzes, resources and surveys - as well as advanced tools for assessment and the tracking of student progress.
Duty-of-Care
At Netspace, we work closely with the Department of Education and our schools to help ensure that our can customers fulfil their duty-of-care requirements that inappropriate material is not accessible to students.
Content Filtering
We know how important content filtering is to our schools. Netspace uses ContentKeeper - recently awarded 'Best content filtering solution' by Secure Computing Magazine's Global Industry Awards - to deliver one of the best content filtering systems on the market.
Fundraising
Could your school benefit from an easy and hassle-free fundraising program? The Netspace Education Channel Program allows your school to raise immediate and ongoing funds by having students and local businesses connect to Netspace Broadband.
Special staff broadband plans
Staff and contractors at Netspace schools can get an exclusive deal that includes 15% extra downloads, free internet traffic to and from your school and other bonuses. Please see netspace.net.au/select/vicgov/ to find out more and sign up for Netspace Broadband.