NBN Co recently completed its Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) upgrade of 157,000 premises in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia currently served by Fibre to the Curb (FTTC); and is now inviting consumers living and working in the areas affected by this upgrade to access the new network.
This is the first in a series of tranches that will extend eligibility to approximately 115,000 additional premises per month in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia, to make almost 1 million premises currently served by FTTC able to access the NBN Home Ultrafast by the end of 2022. By the end of next year, approximately 1.5 million customers currently able to access the NBN network via FTTC will be able to upgrade to FTTP and enjoy access to the highest speeds available on the network.
Once customers order an NBN Home Superfast or NBN Home Ultrafast speed-tier-based plan, NBN Co will design and construct the fibre lead-ins to the premises at no up-front cost to the retailer.
Commenting on the announcement, Brad Whitcomb, Chief Customer Officer at NBN Co, said: “Our aim is to deliver access to our highest wholesale speed tier with wholesale download speeds of 500 Mbps to close to 1 Gbps to premises currently served by our FTTC network. This is another step toward extending these speeds to more and more Australians across our fixed-line technologies, including FTTN and HFC.”