About the rollout

We have released the three year rollout plan for the National Broadband Network with work planned to commence in over 1500 communities and 3.5 million premises throughout Australia through to 30th June 2015.

The three year rollout plan includes those areas where the network is active, where construction is currently underway and where work will commence within the next three years. The estimated number of premises covered in this rollout plan has increased by over 2.7 million premises on the figures released in the January update to the one year rollout plan.

Most of the growth in premises covered in the rollout plan comes in areas where work has already started. This is because NBN Co has said it needs to manage the rollout of the network as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible, and deploy contractor resources in a logical, sequential way.

It is estimated that the average time from work commencing to NBN services being available is 12 months.

As a part of our ongoing commitment to the industry and the Australian public, NBN Co is now providing regular updates where each quarter we will update information on the rollout of the National Broadband Network.

Our rollout activities

If you live or work in one of the 66 towns or localities within the current rollout plan, keep an eye out on the Rollout maps page. Every month we are updating the site with detailed maps at the commencement of work in these areas. If the plan indicates we will commence work in a given month (for example February 2012) we will post detailed maps on this website during that month. The downloadable maps can be accessed on our Communities in the rollout page. The estimated average time from then to completing work and providing services is 12 months.

Our approach to building the NBN

NBN Co is rolling out the fibre network to existing communities in Fibre Serving Areas (FSA) of up to 40,000 premises that are made up of up to 12 modules (Fibre Serving Area Modules  or FSAM), each module consisting of around 3,000 premises.

In line with network design and planning rules, we will generally continue work of new modules next to existing modules (where practicable) until the entire fibre footprint in a Fibre Serving Area has been completed.

NBN Co will name the start date of any applicable modules in a given area as part of the one-year plan. Most of the sites where work will start involve multiple modules and several may start around a given area over the course of the year. The estimated build time for a Fibre Serving Area Module, from the issuing of detailed design documents to our suppliers to when it is ready to connect consumers and businesses, is an average of 12 months.

National rollout interactive map

Our interactive rollout map shows sites already connected to the National Broadband Network along with where work has commenced including detailed maps for fibre, wireless and new housing developments (NBN Ready estates). The maps also show areas where work is planned to commence within the next 12 months.  

Find out if your area is in the one year rollout plan ›
View all the communities in the one year rollout ›
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