Lightning speed downloads will soon be a reality for more than 36,000 houses in Melbourne’s north.
The National Broadband Network’s latest map comes with an indicative timeline for the rollout over the next 18 months. Eventually, it will connect another 200,000 homes to high-speed broadband.
Last December, NBN Co announced that Craigieburn, Whittlesea and Sunbury were next in line for the rollout.
The latest details reveal that work will begin in the first half of next year to construct a fixed line NBN service to about 19,200 houses at Craigieburn, Mickleham, Roxburgh Park, Somerton and Yuroke.
Diggers Rest and Sunbury connections will begin around the same time.
The NBN’s July announcement also revealed that 2300 Eden Park and Whittlesea properties will also be connected, with construction to start in these suburbs as soon as this year.
NBN’s Greg Adcock said the expansion of the rollout reflected the company’s new multi-technology approach and was an important step towards reaching the company’s goal of connecting eight million premises to the NBN network by 2020.
“Today, around one in 10 homes and businesses can connect to the NBN network,” Mr Adcock said.
Federal McEwen MP Rob Mitchell wasn’t quite so impressed.
“The people of Doreen, Mernda, StAndrews, Seymour and Beveridge can already prove that the Abbott government has broken its promise that every Australian would have access to the NBN by 2016,” he said.
