NBN to connect 485,000 homes in next year
Jonathan ChancellorOctober 17, 2011
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced construction plans to connect 485,000 premises to the National Broadband Network over the next year.
In the biggest rollout so far, the high-speed fibre broadband network will be delivered to 49 sites around Australia in the next year. This includes 28 new locations.
The rollout adds to the 81,700 premises that are either already connected to the NBN or where connection work is currently underway.
NBN Co 12-month rollout plan to premises
* = new location
- List is subject to change
- Commencement date marks the handover of the desktop design to the construction contractor for final design and construction.
- NBN Co has only named the start date of the first module in a given locality in which construction is planned over the next year. The approximate number of premises covers only those areas in which construction is due to start in the next year. Most of the sites where construction will start involve multiple modules. There may be further construction modules and homes passed in a locality in subsequent years.
Jonathan Chancellor
Jonathan Chancellor is one of Australia's most respected property journalists, having been at the top of the game since the early 1980s. Jonathan co-founded the property industry website Property Observer and has written for national and international publications.
