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Wed 16 may
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Fixed wireless broadband coming to the North and mid-North Coasts of NSW
By Dan Warne
Just announced: people living in areas surrounding Coffs Harbour, Taree, and Port Macquarie are expected to have access to NBN Co’s Fixed Wireless Broadband service from mid-2013.
Homes and businesses in the North and mid-North coasts of NSW are planned to have access to wholesale speeds of up to 12Mbps.
Fifteen thousand premises in over 170 suburbs are expected to receive a fixed wireless service, with the rollout planned to be fully completed in 2015.
Tue 15 may
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Did you know that in addition to the NBN Co blog, you can get news about the progress of the NBN rollout direct to your inbox?
Fri 11 may
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Fibre-optic maker Corning has opened a new Australian production line, manufacturing 'ribbon fibre' cables for NBN Co -- the first time this type of fibre has been used or manufactured in Australia.
The significantly expanded manufacturing facility is expected to create up to 400 local manufacturing jobs as the rollout of the NBN scales up (and, as Senator Conroy said at the launch, that's just part of the up to 16,000 - 18,000 jobs the NBN is forecast to create across the country at the peak of the rollout.)
The loose-tube ribbon fibre will provide an efficiency boost for the construction of the NBN in Australia, as it allows much faster splicing (connection of fibre cables) than normal stranded fibre that has been typically used in Australia until now.
Thu 10 may
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Parkes may have The Dish, but 434km up the road, the outback town of Bourke is to get one of Australia’s latest satellite installations.
Bourke, in the far north-west of NSW is the location for NBN Co’s second satellite ground station facility that will deliver high speed broadband to remote communities across Australia.
The satellite ground station gateway will form a key part of NBN’s Long Term Satellite Service, designed to bring broadband at speeds of up to 12 megabits per second to homes, farms and businesses in outback and remote parts of Australia, including communities in the Bourke Shire such as Louth, Gumbalie and Fords Bridge.
Wed 09 may
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When people around Australia visit the NBN Co Truck and ask me about what life could be like when the NBN is built, I sometimes find it difficult to contain my excitement.
It’s a case of asking them to “look into my crystal ball” – the future can be difficult to imagine, but the possibilities are tremendous.
To find out more about some of these awesome possibilities, I caught up with Dr Dean Economou from National ICT Australia (NICTA) to learn what's at the cutting edge of broadband tech in Australia.
Come with me for a tour of the Digital Productivity Showcase.
