PEOPLE in the Nambucca local government area (LGA) can now order full fibre upgrades to their National Broadband Network (nbn) service, regardless of whether or not they are on a high-speed plan.
This opens up an opportunity for more than 1050 Nambucca homes and businesses previously in the fibre to the curb (FTTC) footprint to convert to full fibre.
FTTC currently uses a mix of fibre and legacy copper cabling to connect homes and businesses to the nbn network.
A full fibre upgrade replaces the remaining copper – from the curb – with fibre optic cable all the way to the premises.
This helps to deliver a connection that is more reliable, resilient and can access faster speeds.
Under previous eligibility criteria, most customers served by FTTC needed to order a residential broadband service based on the nbn wholesale speed (100/40 Mbps) or above to qualify for an upgrade to FTTP.
nbn is prioritising the FTTC network for accelerated transition from copper as it has higher fault rates than nbn’s other copper-based networks.
More than 1.3 million customers have already upgraded from copper-based connections to full fibre under the existing programs, making it the dominant technology at around 38 per cent of nbn connections.
About 45,000 fibre upgrades were completed in May alone, which was 19 per cent higher year-on-year.
Residents and businesses across the Nambucca valley and surrounding areas can check their eligibility to upgrade at www.nbn.com.au/checkregional
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