The Melbourne suburb of Brunswick will be one of the first mainland locations in Australia to be connected to the NBN today, but almost half of the area’s residents have opted-out of being connected to the new network. Although the NBN Co has worked in earnest to convince residents and apartment complex owners in the [...]
CommsXpress: NBN Co Sees Low Take-Up Numbers In Brunswick
Posted by grahame on August 4th, 2011
Posted in CommsDay Australasia 
Tags: Australia, Brunswick, NBN Co, property values, Stephen Conroy 
No Comments »CommsXpress: New NBN Wireless Sites Announced By Conroy
Posted by grahame on August 3rd, 2011
The first communities to receive the NBN’s fixed broadband wireless service will be Geraldton in Western Australia, Toowoomba in Queensland, Tamworth in New South Wales, Ballarat in Victoria and Darwin in the Northern Territory, according to Communications Minister Stephen Conroy. The wireless rollout is set to begin in mid 2012 and should be complete by [...]
CommsXpress: NBN Co Starts Work On New Tasman Sites
Posted by grahame on June 30th, 2011
Stephen Conroy announced the beginning of new construction on the NBN at secondary Tasman sites today. The new construction will cover Triabunna, Sorell, Deloraine, St Helens, Kingston Beach, George Town and South Hobart, passing by an estimated 11,150 premises. Although today marked the “official” beginning of construction at the secondary sites in Tasmania, ZDNet Australia [...]
Posted in CommsDay Australasia Tags: Australia, NBN Co, Sorrell, Stephen Conroy, Tasmania, Triabunna No Comments »
