Here Are All The Suburbs Upgrading To NBN’S FTTC Network

Last week, NBN Co began installing Fibre-To-The-Curb (FTTC) broadband internet to various suburbs around Australia. (Originally, most of these homes were slated to receive the inferior Fibre-To-The-Node (FTTN) technology.) In all, more than one million Aussie premises are expected to receive substantial online performance boosts due to this rollout change. Here are all the suburbs that have been added to the FTTC list.

Following trials in Melbourne’s Coburg, NBN Co will finally begin rolling out FTTC installations in the months ahead, with connected homes expected to appear sometime in 2018. All states and territories are set to receive FTTC with the exception of Tasmania and the Northern Territory. As you’d expect, Sydney and Melbourne will get the lion’s share of FTTC connections, but select suburbs in Queensland, WA, South Australia, the ACT and regional NSW/Victoria have also been added to the list.

Here are the suburbs where NBN Co expects to start construction to build the FTTC network in each state, in alphabetical order:

NSW

  • Ballina
  • Bega
  • Bellingen
  • Braidwood
  • Burwood
  • Casino
  • Coolamon
  • Crescent Head
  • Currarong
  • Dorrigo
  • Edensor Park
  • Finley
  • Frenchs Forest
  • Greenwell Point
  • Haymarket
  • Hornsby
  • Howlong Miranda
  • Kensington
  • Kurrajong
  • Lake Cathie
  • Liverpool
  • Manilla
  • Merimbula
  • Mona Vale
  • Moruya
  • Narooma
  • Narrabri
  • Nords Wharf
  • Nyngan
  • Orchard Hills
  • Portland
  • Rockdale
  • Ryde
  • Silverwater
  • South West Rocks
  • Springwood
  • Tenterfield
  • Tocumwal South Sydney
  • Tuross Head
  • Uralla
  • Walcha
  • Walgett
  • Warialda
  • Woolgoolga

Victoria

  • Altona Meadows
  • Ararat
  • Benalla
  • Beaufort
  • Broadmeadows
  • Botanic Ridge
  • Burnside
  • Campbellfield
  • Caroline Springs
  • Coburg
  • Coburg North
  • Coolaroo
  • Corryong
  • Cranbourne East
  • Dandenong
  • Dandenong South
  • Deer Park
  • Eaglehawk
  • Edenhope
  • Epping
  • Epsom
  • Euroa
  • Ferntree Gully
  • Footscray
  • Geelong
  • Greenvale
  • Hallam
  • Hillside
  • Jacana
  • Junction Ridge
  • Keilor Lodge
  • Koroit
  • Laverton
  • Laverton North
  • Lilydale
  • Mansfield
  • Meadow Heights
  • Melbourne CBD
  • Mulgrave
  • Myrtleford
  • Nagambie
  • Narre Warren North
  • Nhill
  • Pascoe Vale
  • Paynesville
  • Rowville
  • Seabrook
  • Sebastopol
  • Stawell
  • St Arnaud
  • Sydenham
  • Tallangatta
  • Tatura
  • Taylors Lake
  • Warracknabeal
  • Wyndham Vale
  • Yarrawonga
  • Yea

Queensland

  • Agnes Water
  • Albion
  • Ashmore
  • Aspley
  • Beerwah
  • Boyne Island
  • Bundamba
  • Brassall
  • Calliope
  • Charlotte
  • Gladstone
  • Inglewood
  • Ipswich
  • Kooralbyn
  • Landsborough
  • Maryborough
  • Moura
  • Mount Tamborine
  • Rothwell
  • Salisbury
  • St George
  • Winton
  • Woodford

ACT

  • Deakin

South Australia

  • Croydon
  • Glenunga
  • Elizabeth

Western Australia

  • Bayswater
  • Bedford
  • Embleton
  • Inglewood
  • Banksia Grove
  • Pearsall

Can’t see your suburb on the list? Head to NBN Co’s address checker to check the NBN install date and technology type for your area.


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