The Recent NBN Announcements Are Really A Pretty Big Change Of Direction For Fixed Broadband In Australia!

Interestingly we actually had 2 announcements on the NBN last week. First there was a business focused announcement. NBN Co to spend $700m on 240 'business fibre zones' across Australia By Ry Crozier on Sep 22, 2020 7:03AM Unveils three-year construction, rezoning package. NBN Co is set to spend as much as $700 million creating 240 “business fibre zones” across Australia where every business in the area can get a fibre connection at “CBD zone wholesale pricing”. The announcement, made a day before the release of the next NBN corporate plan, means “nine in 10 businesses will be able to order high-speed fibre broadband ” from NBN Co, according to the government. Having businesses located within ‘fibre zones’ removes one of the last pieces of complexity in NBN Co’s business offering. As it currently stands, NBN Co zones business premises as either A, B or C, and this impacts their ability - as well as their cost - to have fibre deployed. As iTnewshas previously reported, NBN Co uses a... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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