Are you next in line for the NBN?
A new NBN report has been released detailing the next stage of its rollout, naming the suburbs and towns that will get connected to the National Broadband Network - but there's a catch - less households will get the 'faster version' than expected.
An interactive map has been released detailing the areas that will be NBN ready in the next few years.
Number of new connections by state
NSW: 659,000
Victoria: 286,000
Queensland: 379,000
Tasmania: 106,000
Northern Territory: 25,000
South Australia: 161,000
Western Australia: 240,000
ACT: 57,000.
'Faster' connections 'lower than expected'
However there's a catch, households excited about getting the 'faster' version of the NBN originally promised by the previous government may have to settle for a different kind of technology, according to the new report.
The installation of faster elements in the NBN rollout forecast is "significantly lower" than what was stated in a corporate plan prepared by the previous incarnation of NBN Co's board before its dismissal by Communications Minister Malcom Turnbull.
Regardless, the new "national roll out plan" has a projected target of reaching 1.9 million homes with faster broadband by 2016. Currently 300,000 Australian homes and businesses are connected to the NBN. The majority of households will be connected to the new National Broadband Network using a mix of technologies.
"We’re committed to bringing fast broadband to all Australians as quickly as possible. The new multi-technology approach enables us to do just that," said NBN Co's CEO Bill Morrow in a statement.
However, the technology mix means that only half of Australian households will get the 25mbps speed promised by the Communications Minister before the election according to an NBN strategic review report.
Morrow has told press that he is confident that the costs of the project would mean it will stay within the $29.5 billion equity funding envelope.
Morning news break – December 1
