Premium Telecom Solutions for Startup | Dark Fibre & Enterprise Fibre

Telecom Solutions for Startups

Nexthop provides enterprise-grade fibre connectivity that gives Australian startups the infrastructure of a company ten times their size, without the contracts, lead times, or costs that come with legacy carriers. Fast to deploy, simple to scale, and built on a network we own and operate across Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.

10G Fibre Internet

Upgrade your business internet to 10 Gigabit

nextXC - Datacentre Dark Fibre

Month-to-month contract - $250 per month. $1000 setup

Datacentre DIA - $499*/month

*excludes a data centre cross connect directly provisioned by a customer

Why Startups Choose Nexthop

Get Connected in Weeks, Not Months

Startups operate on compressed timelines. A 12-week carrier provisioning cycle is not a minor inconvenience — it can delay a launch, stall a hire, or leave a new office without connectivity for the first month of a lease. Nexthop activates enterprise-grade fibre in 2-3 weeks for on-net buildings across a footprint of over 200,000 business premises. Our in-house project management team controls every step from design to activation, with no dependency on third-party carrier queues. When your business moves fast, your infrastructure partner cannot be the bottleneck.

Month-to-Month Contracts That Respect Startup Economics

Long-term telco contracts are designed for businesses that know exactly where they will be in three years. Startups are not that business. Nexthop offers month-to-month dark fibre from $250 per month, no-obligation IP transit trials with 72-hour provisioning, and flexible terms across all fibre products. You commit when you are ready, not because a contract forces you to. Our 99% client retention rate proves that businesses stay with Nexthop because the service delivers — not because they are locked in.

Enterprise-Grade Performance From Day One

Your first enterprise customer will not care that you are a startup. Their security team will ask about your network architecture. Their procurement team will assess your infrastructure resilience. Their users will expect the same application performance they get from an incumbent vendor. Nexthop's dedicated dark fibre gives startups the same infrastructure that ASX-listed companies and global enterprises run on — symmetrical speeds, zero contention, physically private connectivity, and direct data centre access. When the RFP asks whether your network is dedicated or shared, the answer matters.

Scale Without Re-Contracting

Startup bandwidth requirements do not grow on a spreadsheet-friendly curve. A successful product launch, a viral moment, a new enterprise deal, or a shift to cloud-based infrastructure can change your requirements overnight. Nexthop's dark fibre provides unlimited capacity headroom — you control bandwidth by selecting the equipment at each end, and can scale from 1Gbps to 10Gbps to 100Gbps without renegotiating contracts, waiting for provisioning, or replacing physical infrastructure. Lit services scale just as fluidly. Your network grows when you do, not when your carrier approves it.

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Connectivity Solutions for Startups

Dark Fibre

For startups that need complete control over their network — connecting offices to data centres, cloud environments, and partner infrastructure with dedicated, private fibre paths. Dark fibre is the choice when security questionnaires, compliance requirements, or performance demands go beyond what managed internet services can deliver.

Data Centre Interconnect (DCI)

Secure, high-performance links between healthcare infrastructure and colocation facilities. Supports cloud-hosted electronic medical records, disaster recovery for clinical systems, and private connectivity to My Health Record and other national health platforms.

IP Transit

High-performance, low-latency IP transit from a tier-1 connected backbone. Ideal for startups running SaaS platforms, hosting infrastructure, or customer-facing applications that depend on premium internet connectivity. No-obligation free trials available with provisioning in 72 hours — test the service before you commit.

Out-of-Band Management

A dedicated, independent management network that provides secure remote access to critical infrastructure — even when the primary network is down. For startups managing production systems where access during incidents is non-negotiable, OOBM ensures your engineering team can always reach the equipment that matters.

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Michael Lim
Co-founder | Managing Director
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James Marshall
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