http://www.zdnet.com/article/one-in-six-nbn-hfc-households-cannot-order-a-service-rowland/

Across HFC, 132,691 premises are classified as such. Fibre-to-the-node (FttN) and fibre-to-the-basement (FttB) premises stuck in service class zero numbered 106,352 as of June, while fibre-to-the-premises (FttP) customers numbered 7,899.

Shadow Communications Minister Michelle Rowland pointed out that as the most recent NBN corporate plan showed, there were 800,000 HFC premises ready for service at that time -- "which indicates one in six HFC households cannot order an NBN service", she added.

Labor had in June criticised NBN CEO Bill Morrow's responses to previous Senate Estimates questions on service class zero.

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"It could be a year, it could be two years; the point is that not every home is going to get done overnight, but all homes will be done by the year 2020," Morrow told Senate Estimates at the time.

"It's really unfortunate that if somebody has a complex area, that requires this to be toward the end of the build. It is what it is, but again everybody will get taken care of by the year 2020."

Shadow Communications Minister Stephen Jones said NBN should notify customers when their premises have technical obstacles preventing them from being connected, however.

"In Senate Estimates last night, NBN CEO Mr Bill Morrow said that NBN doesn't tell customers about this but relies on customers using their website's address checker. As a result, nobody is taking responsibility for being honest with these customers and telling them that they are in a different situation that requires detailed work," Jones said in June.

What a dud!

Sure is cheaper and faster - especially if you can't order a service.

HI ALL

So fare the search information states clearly that ! My area now has N B N?. So i thought that as i am with Telstra that I'd connect?

Was told that I'd get a phone call three months ago, yesterday i rang back to inquire about it!
Was told that it is not yet hear my reply i went thought the process with your employee hear is the reference number.


There is a close down date fore all copper phone lines and internet after the N B N is connected around two years.

Fun is coming. if all the connections come at once there will be nothing but bigger problems than already exist!