NBN Co announces next 1.9 million homes to receive the NBN

THE NBN Co has announced the next 1.9 million homes and businesses across the country to receive the NBN. Are you one of them?

Are you next for the NBN?

NBN Co has revealed the next 400 cities, suburbs and towns that are set to receive the national broadband network.

THE latest rollout plan was released today, and details scheduled construction work up to June 2016.

An additional 1.9 million homes and business are set to benefit on top of the 300,000 already connected.

NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow says the forecast follows a number of successful multi-technology trials.

“Naturally some people will be disappointed that they are not included in today’s schedule,” he said.

“But ultimately no-one misses out as the NBN will be made available to every Australian family and business by 2020.”

NBN Co CEO Bill Morrow.

The 419 suburbs announced today will mostly receive the Coalition’s fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) technology or wireless technology.

Major regions include Blacktown, Gosford, Dubbo and Wollongong in New South Wales.

Ballarat, Melton and Footscray in Victoria. Ipswich, Mackay and Townsville in Queensland.

Port Augusta, Aldinga and Macclesfield in South Australia.

Geraldton, South Perth and Margaret River in Western Australia

Hobart, South Launceston and Glenorchy in Tasmania.

While NBN Co is touting the additional 1.9 million homes and businesses as ‘new’, most had already been listed as receiving the NBN by June 2016 as part of the original construction plan.

In NSW, only 38 of the 112 listed locations are new and in Queensland where only 28 of the 81 regions are new to the rollout. In Tasmanian and the Northern Territory no new suburbs were announced today.

The new construction schedule is available here.

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