Telstra BigPond is a large Internet Service Provider in Australia. They have had a presence in the virtual world of Second Life for some time The BigPond virtual sim included cinema, racetracks, games, dance areas, and company information areas in addition to a customer service area that was fully staffed.

Telestra BigPond will close down their virtual sim on December 16, 2009. Craig Middleton a spokesman for Telstra BigPond stated that 2,000 regular Second Life users came through the BigPond virtual sim.

Teleport there now

Below is a short video created about a year ago of the BigPond Telstra virtual sim.

Goodbye Telstra BigPond:

Here are some more videos:

Pondi Beach:

Pondfield: