NBN Co says fibre and faster speeds are coming to another 1.5 million homes and businesses. 

There is increasing demand for faster internet from homes and businesses across Australia, and NBN Co says it is continuing to invest in its national network to help stay ahead of demand.

An additional 1.5 million premises currently served by Fibre to the Node (FTTN) will be eligible for Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) fibre upgrades as a result of a $2.4 billion investment from the Federal Government.

The company is on track to enable around 10 million premises across Australia to access nbn Home Ultrafast, offering wholesale download speeds of 500 Mbps to close to 1 Gbps, by the end of 2025.

“The nbn network is Australia’s digital backbone and the performance of the network underpins Australia’s global competitiveness and the economic future of our nation,” says Stephen Rue, NBN Co CEO. 

“The measure of this success hinges on NBN Co’s ability to grow the capability and capacity of the network to keep ahead of the nation’s digital demand.

“Around one in five premises are connected to plans based on nbn wholesale speed tiers offering peak wholesale download speeds of 100 Mbps and above. With more connected devices and more simultaneous data usage in homes and businesses, we expect to see growing demand for faster broadband services.”

As upgrade works are completed in eligible suburbs, premises will then be able to order an upgrade. To find out if a premises may be eligible, customers are invited to register for updates.