Darwin, Perth, Geraldton, Mandurah, Townsville, Toowoomba, inner-city Brisbane, Adelaide, Western Sydney, Coffs Harbour, Melbourne and Bacchus Marsh among those to get NBN fibre services in 2011.
on Jul 8 2010 2:04PM
Senator Conroy dropped the hint yesterday - the second release sites will look more like a 'national' broadband network.
Residents of Mandurah and Geraldton will have reason to celebrate in 2011.
Northern Territory gets a look-in.
A closer look at Northern Territory's first NBN site, Casuarina.
The Mid North Coast town of Coffs Harbour joins neighbouring Armidale as a NSW test site, whilst Sydneys' first site will be in Riverstone and the troubled Canberra suburb of Gungahlin can finally get high speed broadband in 2011.
A closer look at New South Wales and ACT sites.
A look at New South Wales sites.
The booming populace in Western Sydney gets an NBN site.
The first sites in Victoria to be connected to the NBN.
South Morang joins Brunswick as an NBN Co site in Melbourne, whilst satellite town Bacchus Marsh also gets connected.
Regional centre Toowoomba, inner North Brisbane and the Lend Lease housing estate at Springfield Lakes to be connected.
Springfield Lakes is an interesting choice - the 2850 hectare Lend Lease housing project was built in tandem with the massive Polaris data centre, which is shortlisted for the Federal Government's data centre consolidation plans.
The current view of the area to be connected in Townsville, Queensland.
Prospect and Modbury to be connected in Adelaide, with the Willinga first release site to be extended to Seaford.
The first-release site at Willunga will now be extended to include Seaford/McLaren Vale, whilst Modbury and Prospect in Adelaide also get connected.
Senator Conroy dropped the hint yesterday - the second release sites will look more like a 'national' broadband network.