The NBN Co and Tasmanian state government have finally reached agreement on final plans to bring the NBN to Tasmanian school systems. The new agreement will see schools in Tasmania delivered NBN Co services by both Telstra and Aurora Energy. Telstra has agreed to provide security and filtering systems for the schools, which was a [...]
CommsXpress: Tasmanian Schools Finally Set To Connect To NBN
Posted by grahame on August 8th, 2011
Posted in CommsDay Australasia 
Tags: Aurora Energy, Australia, NBN Co, schools, Tasmania, Telstra 
No Comments »CommsXpress: NBN Goes Overhead In Tasman Towns
Posted by grahame on June 30th, 2011
Despite the fact that Telstra already owns at least some underground duct work in and around Sorell in Tasmania, the NBN Co will be mostly relying upon utility towers to connect the town to the rest of the network. The location of Sorell lends itself to being dependent upon a number of large hydro towers [...]
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 »
