NBN Co to provide fibre in greenfields

As suggested by the industry back in 2008, in late 2010 the government announced that  NBN Co will be  responsible for the installation of fibre in all new broadacre developments, estimated at 1.9 million premises over the next decade. NBN Co will also be responsible for all infill developments where it has fibre that is ready for service and capable of connection, and newly approved infill developments of 100 or more premises. NBN Co will most likely use contractors to dig the trenches and lay the cable.

For infill developments of less than 100 premises, Telstra will continue to be responsible for delivering infrastructure and services, using its copper infrastructure as interim solutions, pending rollout of the NBN. However, in these situations nothing prevents developers from requesting any provider (whether it be NBN Co, Telstra or some other provider) to service those estates.

Outstanding issues now are the potential cost of different pit and pipe standards as proposed by NBN Co which are more onerous than what the property industry is used to (ie. much more spatial requirements and expensive) and the lack of RF overlay.

The latter is a technology transition issue towards IPTV, however in the interim it prevents a capability that had the benefit to remove all of the unsightly TV antennas and dishes that ironically was a key benefit that attracted many developers to FTTH in the first place.

Source:  http://www.buddeblog.com.au/news-and-views/nbn-co-to-provide-fibre-in-greenfields/