Around 6,300 homes and businesses in Coffs Harbour will be the first to complete its first transition to the NBN. As part of the country’s fixed line infrastructure upgrade, this means existing copper wire networks will progressively be switched off. As services over the NBN begin to become available, it is set to replace existing… View Article
Warren Truss, Deputy Prime Minister and Federal Member for Wide Bay, announced the commencement of construction on the towers at Widgee. He said that this will be a huge leap in the speed of services that will be made available to residents of Widgee. Upon completion and beginning of operations, internet speeds of approximately 25Mbps… View Article
The NBN will be expanding to another 25,000 premises across the Northern Territory. Construction work has just begun to connect the areas of Berimah, Palmerston, Nightcliff, Nhulunbuy, Tennant Creek, Katherine, and Alice Springs to the network. Justin Jarvis, NBN Spokesperson, said the NBN fixed wireless service was already available to some 5,000 premises in Darwin,… View Article
In the next 18 months, it is estimated that 16,000 households in Riverland and Murraylands in South Australia will be connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN). Work begins this month as NBN Co aims to connect Renmark, Berri, Loxton, and other towns to fixed fibre lines. Numerous smaller towns all over the region are… View Article
A 50-metre tall structure on Peterson Avenue was planned to be built by NBN Co two years ago. Due to the residents’ complaints, the company withdrew the application. In this week’s meeting, a planning permit for the new location was approved by Mayor Ron Lowe. This would be built at the council’s depot on Lower… View Article
Gayndah will be the first town in North Burnett to gain access to the National Broadband Network, allowing rural to catch up with urban Queensland in terms of telecommunications. David Wilson, Gayndah State Emergency Services controller, said faster and more efficient communication can be achieved through faster Internet. “The internet gives us more capability of… View Article
Consultation for the construction of fixed wireless facilities are underway in Bombala, taking residents a step closer towards super fast broadband. Considered to be one of the most sophisticated in the world, the fixed wireless network can deliver speeds of up to 25 megabits per second through advanced 4G technology. It can achieve speeds that… View Article
Another 13 regional councils across NSW are set to receive fast broadband, including Port Stephens Council after an announcement from NBN Co in the past week. NBN Co spokesman Tony Gibbs said NBN will begin talks of fixed wireless services installation with Port Stephens Council and will begin the consultation process with the community. The… View Article
Image from AFR NBN rollouts across the country have been taking place, now with an additional 140 suburbs soon to be connected to the network by way of the FTTN technology. The new Multi-Technology Mix National Broadband Network (NBN) will rely on a combination of FTTP (fibre-to-the-premises), FTTN (fibre-to-the-node), and NFC pay TV cable as… View Article
