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At a Senate Estimates hearing today, an NBN Co executive said that government-owned company is willing to install its equipment in apartment block basements, also known as multi-dwelling units (MDUs) regardless of the presence of infrastructure from its rival. “We would expect at some point we would enter into an MDU that may have a… 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

NBN Co targets areas of greater consumer broadband competition and will proceed with its rollout into apartment buildings, having TPG Telecom as its competitors which already installed that technology. On Thursday, NBN Co chief customer officer John Simon addressed a Senate Estimates committee that it does not follow or focus on TPG, but they only… 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

Residents of CityVillage, Robina’s modern urban community, are among the first on the Gold Coast to connect to the National Broadband Network (NBN) and gain access to high-speed Internet. It is one of three communities South of Southport to have NBN Co Fibre that provides broadband speeds of up to 100mb, which residents can acquire… View Article

NBN Co has begun consulting with local communities in regional NSW about the construction of new fixed wireless facilities, which means local areas, including parts of Dungog Shire, will soon get access to fast broadband. In Dungog Shire alone, it is possible that the localities of Gresford, Martins Creek, and Paterson are next to receive… View Article

Cessnock is included in the list of Hunter Councils NBN Co is set to work with on the subject of the network design and rollout. Soon, a bigger number of communities across regional NSW will enjoy the benefits of faster broadband. NBN Co consulted local communities in Hunter including Dungog, Maitland, Port Stephens, and Singleton… 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