Updated 24/8.16:
The NBN seems like it’s been around for a lifetime, but hasn’t been rolled out in the Mount Annan area yet – well sort of but more on that in a minute. NBN Co made an rollout announcement today on the construction progress that is due to be completed by June 2016.
Today NBN Co outlined plans to add 1.9 million premises to the new multi-technology mix (MTM) NBN by June 2016. This announcement today is an important milestone, as it is the first that contains the Coalition’s MTM method.
What is MTM? It’s basically using new technology (fibre) combined with old existing technology (copper) to build the infrastructure to deliver the NBN. From a technical point of view, fibre for the NBN will be connected to the node (FTTN) rather than to each individual premise in the majority of cases (commonly known as Fibre To The Premises – FTTP).
What it means is slower speeds as it will still use some copper to get to your place, but the rollout should be quicker as not as much infrastructure needs to be installed.
FTTP will still exist in a NBN world to those who already have it or were due to get it in previous plans, but it would appear that in Mount Annan we will be getting MTM.
When is it coming to Mount Annan? Well not soon according to the list that was released. Check out the list of locations (with a searchable map) here.
Interestingly, looking at the rollout map on the NBN Co map, there is some NBN already in Mount Annan in very small area (see pic below).
(image source: Google maps, information source: nbnco.com.au)
If you live in this shaded area, I’d be interested to hear if you have got NBN and what you think of it. Leave a comment below.
Update:
NBN construction HAS commenced in the (remainder of the ) Mount Annan area.
Check out the build map (current as of 24/8/16)
image source: nbnco.com.au
Check the progress by visiting nbnco.com.au, and enter your address.
Current projections are that all homes will have access to the NBN by 2020.
What are your thoughts? Are you happy with what you have now which is probably ADSL2+. Leave a comment below.
Unfortunately I am not even able to get ADSL in Mt Annan told by Telstra that there are problems with the copper and am forced to pay obscene 3G costs for 20gb (combined upload/download) just hoping that they plan on remediating the faulty copper or the NBN will be useless.