If residents are seeing nbn trucks around Cloncurry, it’s because the telco has started construction in the region for the first time.
Work started this week on constructing nbn fixed line technology for over 1,500 premises in Cloncurry, and a further 9600 premises are scheduled to start construction in Mount Isa on February 28.
Residents can expect to see nbn contractors boring and digging trenches, installing new pits, constructing Fibre to the Node cabinets, hauling, splicing and testing fibre cables, copper jointing and interfacing the copper network with the fibre network.
According to Queensland corporate affairs manager, Kylie Lindsay, it would mean whole families would be able to enjoy being online at the same time, using multiple devices and enjoying the same fast speed.
All aspects of business transactions, be it e-commerce, sending and receiving files, accessing online services, internet and data security, cloud based sharing or communicating with staff and customers, are expected to be faster as well.
“This is exciting news for local residents and businesses in parts of north west Queensland as the region moves closer to being able to connect to the nbn and access fast broadband services,” Ms Lindsay said.
“Access to fast broadband is designed to provide a range of benefits for homes and businesses such as improved opportunities to work from home, better access to online education and health tools and more options for on-demand entertainment.”
Nbn co anticipates it will start offering active services to the region next year.
More information is available at: http://www.nbnco.com.au/maps
