NBN Co to extend fiber to 100,000 premises; offers update on HFC upgrade program

摘要

Australia's NBN Co has announced that it is starting work this week to extend fiber deeper into communities in selected metropolitan and regional areas of New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia. In a press release regarding the matter, the company said that its initial extension of fiber will pass more than 100,000 premises in areas currently serviced by fiber-to-the-node (FTTN) technology. The extension of fiber to serve these 100,000 additional premises will cover parts of the following towns and suburbs: Belmont North, Charlestown, Toronto, Carramar, Castle Hill, Holsworthy, Liverpool, and Wetherill Park in New South Wales; Lyndhurst and Narre Warren in Victoria; Acacia Ridge, Browns Plains, Eight Mile Plains and Oxenford in Queensland; Osborne in South Australia, and Cannington and Double View in Western Australia.