Australia - National Broadband Network - The FttH Rollout

Synopsis

By 2012 the NBN rollout is well and truly underway.

Tasmania received the first FttH connections. NBN Co used 2011 to test various design and technology issues in the first five mainland sites. They also invited the first RSPs to become involved in these tests. The official rollout was launched in late 2011 with the announcement of the next 28 sites. This will see the NBN being rolled out to over 500,000 premises during 2012. The next rollout announcement is expected in early 2012.

Rollout selections are based on a range of elements such as the locations of the POIs and technical and geographical issues, and the NBN-readiness of local communities is also playing a key role in this strategy.

By the end of 2011 the government successfully completed its Regional Backbone Blackspots Program, which saw the construction of 6,000 kilometres of high-speed infrastructure, covering just under 400,000 people in regional Australia.

Table of Contents

• 1. Synopsis
• 2. Introduction
• 3. Rollout overview early 2012
• 4. first release sites
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Tasmania starts first phase of NBN rollout
    • 4.2.1 First Tasmanian NBN retail service providers
    • 4.2.2 Stages 1 and 2
    • 4.2.3 Stage 3 of the rollout
    • 4.2.4 Tasmanian SmartStreet Project
    • 4.2.5 Tasmania’s innovation strategy for NBN and smart grids
    • 4.2.6 Broadband delivered by TV tested as part of the NBN
  • 4.3 Second release sites in Tasmania
  • 4.4 Tassie cities next
  • 4.5 First sites of mainland NBN rollouts
    • 4.5.1 Armidale
    • 4.5.2 Kiama
    • 4.5.3 Willunga
• 5. The rollout
  • 5.1 the rollout begins - March 2011
  • 5.2 Second-release mainland sites
  • 5.3 Roll out program for 2012
    • 5.3.1 Dapto first on the list for 2012
• 6. rollout issues - Analysis
  • 6.1 Community engagement
  • 6.2 Opt-in/Opt-out
  • 6.3 Inhouse networking
  • 6.4 What about existing FttH users?
  • 6.5 Regionalised rollouts
• 7. First fixed wireless rollouts
• 8. Regional Backbone Blackspots Program (RBBP)
  • 8.1 Background information
  • 8.2 Progress report
  • 8.3 Adelaide blackspots receiving high-speed broadband
• 9. Fibre-to-the-apartment
• 10. Other quick-win areas
• 11. NBN initiatives NSW
  • 11.1.1 New estates
  • 11.1.2 Energy consumption portal
  • 11.1.3 Keep in Touch
  • 11.1.4 Connected classes and interactive storytelling from home
  • 11.1.5 HDTV Internet on the TV
  • 12. Related reports
  • Table 1 – NBN take up rates first release sites
  • Table 2 - NBN Co 2012 rollout schedule
  • Exhibit 1 – The Regional Backbone Blackspots Program – overview of rollout and status – 2011