In new estates where NBN Co has installed fibre infrastructure, home and business owners will be able to approach service providers to discuss the kinds of products on offer using the NBN.
Where Telstra is providing interim services, NBN Co will roll out fibre when it starts rolling out fibre in that area. In estates serviced by providers other than NBN Co or Telstra, potential purchasers should ask the developer or sales representative about who has installed telecommunications services, who can provide retail services and what services are provided.
In estates serviced by providers other than NBN Co or Telstra, potential purchasers should ask the developer or sales representative about who has installed telecommunications services, who can provide retail services and what services are provided.
People moving into new estates should talk to the developer or property owner to find out whether fibre, or at least fibre-ready passive infrastructure, has been installed at any land or premises they intend to occupy and what telecommunications services are available now.
NBN Co is responsible as fibre provider of last resort for developments of more than 100 lots or units that receive planning approval after 1 January 2011.
Telstra is responsible as provider of last resort for developments of less than 100 lots or units approved after 1 January 2011, pending NBN Co rolling out fibre.
These arrangements are not exclusive. Nothing prevents a developer from requesting any provider (whether it be NBN Co, Telstra or another provider) to service their estate. Any provider is free to comply with such a request, but is not required to do so. Only NBN Co and Telstra, as providers of last resort, must comply with requests in their respective areas of responsibility.
To learn more, visit NBN Co’s website .
