ARN

NBN adds 300,000 premises to fibre footprint, releases details of full coverage

Extends fibre coverage to 93 per cent of homes, schools and businesses.
National Broadband Network - Australia

National Broadband Network - Australia

  • National Broadband Network - Australia
  • National Broadband Network - New South Wales
  • National Broadband Network - Victoria
  • National Broadband Network - Queensland
  • National Broadband Network - South Australia
  • National Broadband Network - Western Australia
  • National Broadband Network - Tasmania
  • National Broadband Network - Northern Territory
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
  • Labor Government National Broadband Network - fact sheet
View all images

The $43 billion National Broadband Network (NBN) optical fibre reach will now cover 93 per cent of homes, schools and businesses, extending to 300,000 additional premises. The mooted speed is 100 megabits a second.

In a joint announcement, Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, and Communications Minister, Senator Stephen Conroy, confirmed the NBN fibre footprint will cover places as far apart as Weipa, Tennant Creek, Port Augusta, Albany, Cooma and Warrnambool.

The remaining 7 per cent of Australian premises will either receive next generation wireless services (4 per cent) or satellite services (3 per cent) at speeds of 12 megabits per second – with average data rates more than 20 times higher than most users of these technologies experience today.

The NBN Implementation Study indicated that the extension of NBN Co’s fibre coverage objective can be accommodated within the recommended funding requirement which is provided for in the Budget.

Nominations for the 2012 ARN IT Industry Awards open on Tuesday, June 12.

More about: ABC, ABC, Creek, etwork

Comments

Post new comment

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.
Users posting comments agree to the ARN comments policy.
Login or register to link comments to your user profile, or you may also post a comment without being logged in.
Related Whitepapers
Latest Stories
Community Comments
rhs_login_lockGet exclusive access to ARN's news, research and invitation only events.
ARN Distributor Directory
Find distributors by name | vendor | location
Channel Deals
/deals/aca-pacific/442_rimage-trade-in-program-inkjet-to-everest-ther
ACA Pacific

Rimage Trade-In Program - Inkjet-to-Everest Thermal Printing. Ends June 15th, 2012.

More details »
ARN Vendor Directory
Find vendors by name | category

iAsset is a channel management ecosystem that automates all major aspects of the entire sales,marketing and service process, including data tracking, integrated learning, knowledge management and product lifecycle management.