Promise of NBN to the premises

NBN CO has promised it will deliver fibre optic cable to an additional half-dozen Bellarine and Surf Coast towns and suburbs.

People in the postcodes of Clifton Springs, Indented Head, Jan Juc, Point Lonsdale, Portarlington and St Leonards have all been told they can expect faster internet speeds and more data with access to the full-fibre upgrade from 2024.

The rollout is an election promise from the Albanese Government that promised to invest $2.4 billion over four years connecting 1.5 million premises to full-fibre broadband, including 660,000 homes in regional Australia.

Corangamite Labor federal member Libby Coker said the infrastructure would allow families and small businesses access to “world-class broadband infrastructure they deserve”.

“Our investment in full-fibre NBN will see up to 90 per cent of premises in the fixed-line footprint able to access world-class gigabit download speeds by 2025.”

The upgrade will be made available on-demand when an eligible household orders a higher speed plan than would presently be available to them over copper-based Fibre to the Node connections.

In the past six years, data use has tripled on the NBN.

Minister for Communications Michelle Rowland said access to high-speed broadband is no longer a “nice to have”, rather an “economic and social necessity that will drive productivity improvements and global competitiveness”.

“For too long, Australians stuck on the coalition’s ageing copper network have been held back by slow and unreliable broadband,” she said.

The government stated the remaining locations to be upgraded to full-fibre access are expected to be announced by early 2024.

For a full list of eligible suburbs or to register for updates, head to nbnco.com.au/residential/upgrades/fttp-upgrade-with-higher-speed-tiers