Fibre optic hauling took place in Blacktown today near the busy Blacktown Road during final preparations to connect to the NBN. It is the first NBN fibre optic cable to be installed in metropolitan Sydney.
The local distribution fibre was hauled on the corner of Main Street and Marcel Crescent. (Pictured: Cable being hauled into a fibre optic pit off Blacktown Road.)
Federal Member for Greenway, Michelle Rowland, and various Blacktown City council members pose for the cameras. "Locals will be able to start connecting to the NBN’s broadband in the next few months," Rowland said.
A map of Blacktown's NBN fibre serving area. The orange area indicates where construction has commenced. The rollout in Blacktown is in six modules, each covering around 3000 homes. 19,900 Blacktown properties are expected to be connected in the next three years.
“Today’s fibre haul here in Blacktown marks an important step in the rollout of the NBN to not only Western Sydney but Sydney as a whole,” NBN Co spokesperson Darren Rudd said in a statement. Select homes and businesses in Blacktown are expected to be connected to the NBN as early as July 2013.
Fibre optic hauling took place in Blacktown today near the busy Blacktown Road during final preparations to connect to the NBN. It is the first NBN fibre optic cable to be installed in metropolitan Sydney.