If you reside in Sydney, unless you live in a new development, you'll have yet to experience the Internet via the NBN.
So far, Sydneysiders have looked on as locations like Armidale, Brunswick and Willunga are connected.
NBN Co lets you brows a map to see locations where NBN work is in progress, or will be in the next 12 months. There's a new three-year rollout plan due by the end of this month, but in the meantime, we decided to take a quick look at the situation in Sydney so far.
In short, new housing developments are getting in first. We count 25 new developments where work has started on NBN connections, from as far south as Spring Farm and as far north as Pitt Town. Seven new developments have been listed as NBN-available.
These housing estates are among the first places to get the NBN because the rollout is treated on a demand basis. There's more explanation from the government and NBN Co, but essentially it lowers costs by using the open trenches, rather than digging up the ground again later.
So what about everyone else? Eight places are listed as having started work; from Lidcombe and Rookwood, to Penrith, Richmond and Blacktown.
There are a further six areas listed as "work commencing within one year".
The big picture
Overall, across Australia the number of premises where work has started is at least 121,500. In total, the current rollout plan covers 758,100 premises - this includes places where work is scheduled to start by the end of the year.
NBN Co estimates it takes an average of 12 months from the time work starts at each NBN site until services are available.
For more detail check out the below options:
- Check the full list of suburbs on the current NBN rollout schedule.
- You can drill down to street level to see rollout maps in detail. Click on the maps here, if there is one available for your town. Here is an example.
- Get more info on when NBN maps will be released for each area here.
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