General News
4 January, 2023
Fibre connection boost
INTERNET connection speeds will be increased for Wedderburn. The rollout by NBNCo started mid-October but the company said the October flood emergency delayed its announcement until last month. It says fibre to the premises - NBN’s fastest and most...
INTERNET connection speeds will be increased for Wedderburn.
The rollout by NBNCo started mid-October but the company said the October flood emergency delayed its announcement until last month.
It says fibre to the premises - NBN’s fastest and most reliable residential connection could deliver wholesale download speeds of close to 1 Gbps, supporting simultaneous streaming of high-definition video, faster downloading and uploading of large files.
NBN executive general manager customer experience and products Joe Lathan said that with more connected devices than ever before, there was increasing demand for faster and reliable internet from homes and businesses.
“The demand for faster and more reliable internet is the highest we’ve ever seen. as the way they use technology continues to evolve” he said.
“This is being driven by trends such as hybrid work and study arrangements and an increase in online entertainment, such as streaming services and gaming, across multiple devices.
“The last couple of years have shown us just how critical the NBN network is. We want more people to reap the benefits of fast and reliable internet, now and into the future.”
The Fibre Connect program is a part of NBN’s $4.5 billion commitment to invest in Australia’s digital backbone and enable up to eight million premises – or up to 75 per cent of homes and businesses on NBN’s fixed line footprint - across Australia to access NBN’s highest residential wholesale speed tiers by the end of 2023.
Fibre Connect program is available to select areas in the NBN Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) and Fibre-to-the Curb (FTTC) footprint and is being rolled out progressively.