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Originally Posted by doppler
In my suburb in Mackay QLD there are new subdivisions going up all around 1000's of new houses all with NBN conectons.
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Specifically, in developments of 100 or more premises, NBN Co acts as what is
termed the provider of last resort. But in such a situation, the developers and property
owners are responsible for the trenching and ducting and they are free to use any
fibre provider they want, providing it meets the specifications. In the instance they
choose NBN to act as the provider of last resort, NBN will install the fibre and perform the backhaul
back to the point of interconnect.
In the case of 100 or less premises, Telstra acts as provider of last resort and will
still usually install copper.
In both instances, the developer meets the cost of installing fibre-ready or
copper-ready pit and pipe infrastructure and transfers ownership to either NBN
or Telstra.
The idea was for large developments it would be wasteful to lay copper just
to replace it a few years later and for the attraction of fibre to give some
impetus to the building sector.
In the Sydney Morning Herald very recently, there was an article highlighting
that the strategy is working. Many buyers perceived purchasing a new house
in a development where fibre was already installed to be a major tick in the box.
The good news is that if you are seeing greenfields developments that are
scattered around the area where it is going in, it means that the backbone of
the fibre network must also be in place.