NBN declared ‘built and fully operational’ despite hundreds of Geelong homes still unable to access the service
The National Broadband Network has been declared “built and fully operational”, despite hundreds of Geelong properties still being unable to connect to the network.
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THE National Broadband Network has been declared “built and fully operational”, despite hundreds of Geelong properties still being unable to connect to the network.
Australian Communications Minister Paul Fletcher in December formally declared “the NBN should be treated as built and fully operational”, despite about 35,000 properties still waiting to be made ‘ready to connect’ to the network.
In Geelong more than 400 Curlewis properties and about 25 Marshall Properties are also unable to access the service, according to the NBN Co – the company established to design, build and operate the network.
All the properties are listed within ‘build commenced areas’ and are expected to be able to access the network in the first half of 2021.
Minister Fletcher on December 23 announced “the evidence before me shows it is appropriate to make the declaration that the NBN should be treated as built and fully operational”.
“Of course the government recognises that there are some premises which have not yet been made ready to connect – and I expect NBN Co to work as speedily as possible to make the network available to those premises.
“Also, in some areas the NBN can only operate at full speed once all legacy copper services are migrated to an NBN or alternative service, which typically takes 18 months from when the NBN commenced services in an area.
“To minimise interference to the legacy services of other carriers during this period, the NBN operates with reduced signal power which reduces network speeds.”
In August there were about 100,000 premises yet to be made ‘ready to connect’ to the NBN, with that number expected to be reduced to about 35,000 by January 1.
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