Now allowing 61 per cent of the country to access NBN Home Ultrafast plans. NBN Co has hooked up an additional two million premises across the country with upgrades to full fibre connections on the National Broadband Network (NBN). The ongoing upgrade, which was announced in November 2021 for an initial 200,000 premises, sees NBN Co bring fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) and fibre-to-the-curb (FTTC) connections over to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP). In February 2023, the rollout covered an additional million premises. With the lates update, this means the eligible premises can change their plans to receive speeds of close to 1 Gbps, the network builder claimed. "Customers are consuming more data than ever to do the things they love like streaming 4K on multiple devices, online education, next level gaming, conference calls and uploading and downloading large files for work," said NBN Co chief customer officer Anna Perrin. "The need for broadband will reach levels never seen before over the next decade as the internet transforms the world and how we live so we are growing the network to stay ahead of that demand." The network builder added that NBN Co is on track to upgrading 10 million premises, representing up 90 per cent of homes and businesses across Australia, to be able to access NBN Home Ultrafast plans, which offer speeds close to 1 Gbps, by the end of 2025. In total, NBN Co stated the number of households that can access Ultrafast plans is currently at 61 per cent of the country, which includes 4.4 million households. Related content news John Griffin appointed as Logicalis Australia CTO His ability to build key technical relationships with strategic vendors and service providers will further enhance Logicalis Australia's capabilities. By Julia Talevski 29 Apr 2024 2 mins Managed Service Providers Careers IT Leadership news Fintech provider BidFin acquired by humm Needed to consider a “strategic transaction” to meet the growing needs of its customers. By Sasha Karen 29 Apr 2024 2 mins Mergers and Acquisitions Industry Business Operations brandpost Sponsored by Ingram Micro Tapping the source: Ingram Micro’s sustainable power operations By Ingram Micro 29 Apr 2024 4 mins Renewable Energy brandpost Sponsored by Ingram Micro Ingram Micro is reinventing the way it does packaging and logistics – here’s how By Ingram Micro 29 Apr 2024 4 mins Green IT SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe