Full access to NBN

An extra 7800 Horsham district households and businesses can now access National Broadband Network services.

They join more than 3000 premises on the outskirts of the Wimmera centre, that have been able to take advantage of fixed wireless technology since as early as 2014.

Victoria and Tasmania NHB head Ebony Aitken said the development was exciting news for Horsham.

“It means homes and businesses are now able to connect to services delivered over the network through their preferred phone or internet provider,” she said.

“The community joins more than 6.2-million other premises across Australia that are currently able to enjoy the benefits of the NBN, with more than 1.4 million of those in Victoria. Access to fast broadband is designed to provide a range of benefits, such as improved opportunities to work from home, better access to online education tools and more options for on-demand entertainment.

“Businesses will be able to improve their productivity through cloud-based sharing with staff and customers as well as have increased opportunities to access new markets through e-commerce.”

“People need to contact a service provider to place an order for their new internet and phone services” – Ebony Aitken

Ms Aitken stressed it was important people understood that switching to an NBN was not automatic.

“People need to contact a service provider to place an order for their new internet and phone services,” she said.

People can find out whether they are eligible to connect to the NBN by using an online check your address function at www.nbnco.com.au/switch.

The NBN is replacing most traditional landline networks for phone and internet services, including copper and the majority of Hybrid Fibre Coaxial, HFC, networks, within its fixed line footprint with a mix of technologies.

Services provided over existing fibre network, including in-building, health and education networks might not be affected.