NBN Co has announced a series of new zones totaling one million premises that will be available for its broadband upgrade program.

The new release covers 261 suburbs and cities in NSW, 147 in Victoria, 201 in Queensland, nine in NT, 90 in SA, 127 in WA, 20 in Tasmania, and seven suburbs in the ACT.

This includes planned footprint expansions in locations already identified under the original FTTN to Fibre Connect upgrade program and the co-investment program between NBN Co and the Victorian Government. The original program covered a potential two million premises, bringing the total number of premises covered by the upgrade program to three million.

Approximately 58 percent of premises within the extended footprint are in regional areas, with the remainder in metropolitan areas.

To be eligible, premises in eligible areas must order a service with a minimum wholesale speed of 100Mbps. Please contact Occom support team for more details.

The upgrades are part of the NBN fiber-on-demand program, which was recently bolstered by the Federal Government's announcement of an additional $2.4 billion investment to upgrade the national network.
billion investment in upgrading the national network.

From: COMMUNICATIONS DAY (by Dylan Bushell-Embling)

The full list of eligible premises is below.

*Indicates identification of additional footprint in suburbs and towns previously announced in NBN Co’s series of footprint announcements comprising the original 2 million FTTN to FTTP Fibre Connect upgrade program.

#Indicates identification of additional footprint in suburbs and towns previously announced as part of NBN Co and the Victorian Government’s co-investment program.

From: https://www.channelnews.com.au/nbn-extends-fttp-upgrade-to-one-million-additional-homes/

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The National Broadband Network (NBN) is an Australian Federal Government project first announced in 2007 to provide all Australian households with reliable, high-speed fibre internet access. NBNCo was established in 2009 to design, build and operate Australia’s wholesale broadband access network. While the nbn^TM is operated by the Australian government, there are other companies in Australia like Opticomm which provide the same fibre networks as NBNCo does.

OptiComm is one of Australia’s largest open access, Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) wholesale network infrastructure operators, servicing the new residential housing, apartment and commercial building markets. OptiComm has been a licensed carrier and wholesale network infrastructure operator since 2007. Similarly to NBNCo, OptiComm designs, builds, operates and maintains fixed line access, fibre based, telecommunications networks.

OptiComm offers its networks to OptiComm service providers, like Occom, who deliver OptiComm fibre plans to customers.

What are OptiComm speeds like?

OptiComm offers different speed tiers for broadband access. There are broadband plans with maximum download speeds of 12 Mpbs, 25 Mpbs, 50 Mpbs, 100 Mpbs, 250 Mbps and 1000 Mbps. Customers choose between these options for a suitable tier depending on their demand of speed. You may choose to pay a lower price for a broadband plan meeting basic requirements of internet usage, or you may choose to pay a higher price for a broadband plan with faster speed and get a better internet experience.

• 12 Mbps Basic Plan: a plan that suits users who do not require a high speed connection. It is suitable for basic usage of Internet including browsing the web, sending emails and so on.
• 25 Mbps Boost Plan: suitable for 1-2 people using Internet services for basic video streaming and sharing photos on social media.
• 50 Mbps Boost Plus Plan: suitable for most family users. It can better support simultaneous Netflix/YouTube streaming and online gaming.
• 100 Mbps Superfast Plan: 5-20 times faster than ADSL. You can fully enjoy HD video streaming, VR experience and online gaming without lag.
• 250 Mbps Rocket Plan: perfect for multiple devices and users to stream 4K content, share large files and play multiplayer online games at the same time.
• 1000 Mbps Lightning Plan: the fastest you can get in Australia. You can enjoy the supreme internet experience.

Where is OptiComm available?

OptiComm is normally available in new or recently developed estates, apartments and communities. If you are living in OptiComm connected premises, you can choose an internet service provider to sign up with and choose an OptiComm broadband plan (occom.com.au/opticomm-fibre-network/) from there.

If you are not sure whether your property is within an OptiComm fibre connected area, you can contact us. Our support team will help you check if your address is covered by OptiComm. Even if it is not serviced by OptiComm, we will help determine the best solution for you and get you connected quickly and efficiently.

OptiComm vs NBN: What's the difference?

One of the biggest differences between OptiComm and NBN is the connection technology. There are a number of ways in which fixed-line access network technologies are deployed to provide fibre broadband services in Australia. This depends on the provider (e.g. nbn^TM, Opticomm etc) and the available infrastructure in the particular area.

NBNCo not only uses full fibre cabling (FTTP), but utilises a mix of fibre and copper (FTTC, FTTN/B) or coaxial cable (HFC) .

OptiComm mainly uses FTTP to connect their networks. Fibre to the Premises (FTTP) is a full fibre connection, providing the fastest speed due to the higher capacity of a full fibre infrastructure. It is much more stable and receives less impact from environmental factors than networks with FTTN, FTTC, FTTB and HFC technologies. When connected with OptiComm, you will have access to superfast internet.

How are we different from other OptiComm providers?

Occom is one of Australia's most trusted and efficient OptiComm service providers, receiving an average of 4.9/5 stars from over 1000 Google reviews. We pride ourselves on the dedicated customer service that earned us these glowing reviews.

We are one of very few Opticomm providers across Australia who provide Gigabit internet speeds.

Occom also comes with affordable and reliable plans and flexible terms with no lock-in contract available. In addition to this, Occom is capable of activating most premises within 24 hours of registration. We sell a range of modems from the world’s best brands, tailored to Australians. Customers also can use their own router if they like – our team has guided many customers to successfully configure their own modems. Our responsive and professional Australia-based technical team work 7 days a week, and are always ready to help with unexpected issues.

Give us a call today to get connected with the top-rated Opticomm internet service provider!

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NBN fixed line broadband speeds reached record highs during the COVID-19 pandemic, research from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed.

According to the agency’s latest Measuring Broadband Australia report, NBN retail service providers (RSPs) in October delivered, on average, more than 94 percent of plan speed in the 7-11pm evening period, ranging from 84.8 and 98.5 percent among RSPs.

Some monitored services also regularly hit higher speeds than expected by consumers.

Daytime download speeds remained steady during the period, with the peak 7-11pm period only seeing a minimal decrease in performance.

“NBN Co’s decision to temporarily waive charges for up to 40 percent extra capacity for RSPs in the form of increased connectivity virtual circuit (CVC) has played a key role in supporting broadband speeds during the pandemic,” Sims said.

The recent increase in speeds was also backed by an increase in how NBN Co over-provisions the download component of most NBN speed tiers by around 10 to 15 percent, ensuring more reliable speeds closer to the maximum download speed of their chosen retail plan.

“We had been concerned that consumers haven’t experienced full use of their plan speed even outside busy hours for some time now, so it is good to see the MBA’s transparency measures showcasing the faster broadband speeds available to consumers during these difficult times,” Sims added.

Among all NBN technologies, fibre to the node (FTTN) connections are still performing considerably lower than the others, with the 50 Mbps and 100 Mbps plans running 10 and 20 percent slower than the maximum plan speed respectively, at any given time.

“Although most consumers have already benefited from increased download speeds, those on FTTN connections are continuing to experience lower than expected speeds. We encourage NBN Co and RSPs to work to resolve this, especially given the additional investment in FTTN services announced by NBN Co in September,” Sims said.

“Good progress has already been made on addressing this issue with the proportion of underperforming services in our sample falling from 13.9 percent in May 2018 to 8.1 per cent in October 2020."

From: https://www.crn.com.au/news/nbn-speeds-reach-record-highs-in-october-accc-558588

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If you use the internet regularly, you’ve probably noticed that your connection slows down during different times of the day or week. But what causes these fluctuations in speed and why do they always seem to happen when you need the internet most?

In a word, traffic.

Think of your internet bandwidth as the speed limit and your internet speed as the flow of traffic down “the information superhighway.” Highways can get jammed up with traffic, and so can the internet. However, while commuters tend to hit traffic going to and from a nine-to-five job, internet users usually see slowing in the evenings after everyone gets home.

When is internet rush hour?

Many internet connections seem to slow down weekdays between 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. and on Saturdays and Sundays. The capacity of those connections doesn’t actually decrease, but they slow down because high traffic levels cause delays.

Much of this traffic likely comes from streaming. Streaming video from sites like Netflix, YouTube, and Hulu takes a lot of data. So when you and your neighbors stream video at the same time (like on nights or weekends), all that required data jams up the network in your neighborhood.

You may have experienced a similar effect if you’ve ever tried using your phone at a concert or sporting event. With an arena full of people using the network in a concentrated area, the network can slow to a crawl. The same concept applies to your neighborhood.

Why does my Wi-Fi slow down at night?

Your household may be attempting to use more data than your equipment can handle.

This can happen if you live in a household with more than three people, or with people who use multiple internet devices at once. This equipment overload essentially creates traffic jams in your home network.

Sometimes you can fix this by resetting the equipment or dialing in the equipment settings. Upgrading your equipment may also solve the problem. If you decide to replace your equipment, we have lots of information to help you pick the right router and other home Wi-Fi equipment.

From: https://www.highspeedinternet.com/resources/why-does-my-internet-slow-down-at-night

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Starts work on bringing fibre from node to street.

NBN Co has revealed the first 17 towns and suburbs where it will start bringing fibre from the node into streets, putting customers in those areas among the first to know they can ask for a full fibre connection.

The 17 locations collectively comprise about 100,000 premises out of about 2 million that are in NBN Co’s sights under the near $3 billion upgrade works.

The places announced by NBN Co today cover as yet undisclosed "parts" of:

• NSW: Belmont North, Charlestown, Toronto, Carramar, Castle Hill, Holsworthy, Liverpool, and Wetherill Park
• Victoria: Lyndhurst and Narre Warren
• Queensland: Acacia Ridge, Browns Plains, Eight Mile and Oxenford
• South Australia: Osborne
• Western Australia: Cannington and Double View

NBN Co said these are areas where it “anticipates strong demand for higher speeds; has established construction and delivery partners with an existing workforce in place; and “where it is cost-effective to start work now”.

Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said separately that "construction of the initial local fibre networks [in these areas] is expected to be completed in the second half of next calendar year."

The company said it would “consult with internet retailers before finalising the design for its extended fibre network”.

Further, it said, it “is planning to make further announcements in early 2021 about its future rollout plans.”

“NBN Co will work closely with internet retailers over the coming months to define the process by which eligible customers can express their interest in ordering a higher speed broadband service and acquiring a fibre lead-in to their premises,” it said.

Last week, NBN Co set a relatively low bar for customers to qualify for the free last-mile connection, and therefore full upgrade from fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) to fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP), saying they would only need to place an order for a plan speed higher than they get today.

However, under rules still being determined, customers may need to commit to stay on the higher plan speed for a certain period of time.

Up to gigabit availability on HFC

NBN Co also said it expects "more than 25 percent" of premises in its HFC footprint will be able to order an up to gigabit service - what it calls "Ultrafast broadband" - by the end of November.

When it launched a new configuration of its up to gigabit product earlier this year, a maximum of 7 percent of premises in the HFC footprint could support the product.

It will continue upgrade works into next year to ready more premises for up to gigabit speeds.

"The company expects that by June 2021 over two-thirds of premises in the HFC network footprint will be able to order NBN Ultrafast broadband, and it forecasts that by the end of 2021 nearly the entire HFC network footprint should be able to order NBN Ultrafast broadband," it said.

From: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/nbn-co-reveals-first-locations-with-an-fttn-upgrade-path-to-full-fibre-555199

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The coronavirus pandemic has contributed to a "massive uptick" in demand for smart home services, a new study has found, with the services in demand showing why an upgrade of the NBN initially built by the government was urgently required.

With Australians spending more time at home than ever due to COVID-19-related restrictions, demand has surged for internet of things (IoT) devices such as home security cameras, video doorbells and smart locks, according to the report, the Telsyte Australian IoT.

That surge has led to a dramatic increase in demand for broadband connections that have not just the fast download speeds the NBN has focused on, but also the fast upload speeds required by IoT devices that have video cameras built in, the study found.

Online awakening

Telsyte's study found that 67 per cent of Australians consider having a fast internet connection important when buying or renting a new home, which is a big increase from the 9 per cent who said the same just two years ago.

"There is a massive uptick in people looking for fast internet for their smart home. That's what people are looking for when they're buying or moving to a new home," Mr Fadaghi said.

Better, more symmetrical internet connections are not the only thing people are looking for in their increasingly smart homes. The humble power supply is in hot demand, too, as people buy more IoT devices and need somewhere to plug them in.

Having enough power supplies is now the second-most-important technology requirement in a new home, with 64 per cent of Australians describing it as an important consideration, the study found.

Similarly, the ability to get Wi-Fi to all those IoT devices was an important consideration when choosing a new home for 45 per cent of respondents, Telsyte found.

Similarly, the ability to get Wi-Fi to all those IoT devices was an important consideration when choosing a new home for 45 per cent of respondents, Telsyte found.

Almost all of that growth has come from IoT devices, Mr Fadaghi said, because other home internet devices such as PCs and gaming consoles are not growing at all.

The research company predicts that, by 2024 when the NBN fibre upgrade is scheduled to be completed, there will be 371 million internet-connected devices in Australian households, at an average of 35.6 per household – an increase of 81 per cent on this year's figure."We're starting to see a lot more mainstream acceptance of things like smart doorbells and locks. It's not unusual for people to consider the smart version of curtains, and all kinds of things of the home," Mr Fadaghi said.

Australia's love affair with smart speakers has continued through the pandemic, with 2.6 million households now having some sort of voice-controlled speaker, up from 2.5 million last year and 1.6 million in 2018. "Hey Google" continues to be the dominant way people control their smart speakers, with 61 per cent of households opting for Google's assistant, and only 17 per cent choosing Amazon's Alexa system.

One aspect of smart homes is not growing as fast as might be expected, however: smart lighting. This was one of the first things many tried out as they dipped their toe into IoT devices, but it has lost momentum because people have struggled to get the technology to work properly.

"The consequence of [smart lights not working] is that people disconnect them or don't use them or don't replace them when they die out. The data shows that. The penetration of smart lighting solutions has come down," Mr Fadaghi said.

From: https://www.afr.com/technology/covid-19-surge-in-home-tech-shows-urgent-need-for-nbn-upgrade-20201016-p565ra

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Nowadays, pretty much everyone has a wireless network connection set up at home. Your router’s wireless access point is connected to a certain channel, which connects you to a Wi-Fi network.

That said, if you live in an apartment building or densely populated area, you might experience frequent network timeouts, disconnection issues or an overall slow internet speed.

These issues are often caused by the large number of people attempting to connect to the internet, causing an overload of wireless signals using the same network channel.

In order to get the best possible Wi-Fi connection in your area, you’ll have to switch to a channel that either has no other users (or significantly fewer users) than the current channel you’re using. 

In this step-by-step guide, I will show you how to improve your Wi-Fi connection by finding the best Wi-Fi channel for your router, for both PC and cell phone. I will then instruct you on how to set up your router in order to tune into that channel.

Let’s get started.

How to Find the Best Wi-Fi Channel on Mac

Note: you can also use a Wi-Fi scanner tool instead of the Wireless Diagnostics Scan.

Wi-Fi Scanner is a good tool, but it’s priced at $19.99 in the App Store. NetSpot is a free tool to scan for wireless networks in your area, and it has a multifunctional discover mode with visual graphs.

How to Find the Best Wi-Fi Channel on Windows

There are various software tools available for your Windows machine in order to figure out which Wi-Fi channel in your area is the best. You can find a few free software applications below:

1. NetSpot, compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10.
2. Acrylic WiFi, compatible with Windows 7, 8 and 10.
3. WiFi Analyzer, available in the Microsoft Store.
4. WiFi Commander, exclusively for Windows 10.

All the Wi-Fi scanners listed above are powerful tools to scan your network area.

For the sake of this example I will go with WiFi Analyzer, because it’s easy to use and has a neat interface.

Step #1 - Go to the online Microsoft Store.

Step #2 - When you’re in the Microsoft Store, tap “Get the App” to start the download.

Step #3 - Install the application on your Windows machine. When the installation is completed, open the application.

Step #4 - When you open WiFi Analyzer, you’ll see its dashboard.

On the right side, you can select extra filters. I recommend not changing the default settings. The last 3 options are rather advanced options, which are not applicable for now.

The current channel of each connection is stated below the network’s name.

Step #5 - Click on “Analyze” in the dashboard. You will see a graph with visuals, indicating what networks are performing best and worst.

Below the graph, WiFi Analyzer leaves a recommendation based on the scan results. If the graph is too confusing, look to the bottom left - you’ll see the word “Recommend.” The channel noted below will be the optimal Wi-Fi channel to connect to. In this example, the tool recommends using channel 13.

However, we can also draw a different conclusion here. As we know, the closer RSSI is to 0, the better.

So, that makes CH1 (matthafner.com) the best channel, because -60 is closest to 0 of all the available Wi-Fi networks in the list.

How to Find the Best Wi-Fi Channel With Linux Command Line

Linux users have two options when it comes to detecting Wi-Fi channels: you can either run a command line in Terminal, or you can choose to download a more visually-enhanced tool, like WiFi Radar.

Installing software tools on Linux always takes a bit more effort compared to Windows and Mac. So, I recommend using the Terminal utility to scan for the best Wi-Fi network channel in your area.

Launch the Terminal and enter the following command line:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan | grep Frequency | sort | uniq -c | sort -n

Example output would look like this:

The command line groups the results, so you can see how much each channel is used. The “sort -n” command will rank the channels in order of fastest to slowest: in this example, channel 3 is ranked first.

How to Find the Best Wi-Fi Channel on Android

Earlier in this guide, I recommended Wifi Analyzer for Windows users. I also recommend this tool for Android users, because the tool is also compatible and available for mobile devices.

Step #1 - Download and install Wifi Analyzer in the Play Store.

Step #2 - Launch the app to open the dashboard.

In the example, channel 11 appears to have the best statistics.

Step #3 - Check the dBm (signal strength) and the graph to visually compare all the available networks.

How to Find the Best Wi-Fi Channel on iPhone

How to Change Your Router Settings to the Best Wi-Fi Channel

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NBNCo will slash wholesale enterprise broadband prices and invest $700 million over the next three years, as it ramps up its bid to challenge Telstra as the dominant wholesale business broadband provider.
Under the plan, NBN Co will build fibre optic cable to a business premises free of charge and then provide its "enterprise ethernet" plan.

The move means businesses in Australia's regional high streets and business parks previously only served by Telstra's network will have another option. The result, say telco retail service providers, should be lower prices.

Many of these businesses are currently on residential plans, which are far cheaper than NBN's premium enterprise ethernet. That would mean most businesses would still have to upgrade their internet plan to take advantage of the new prices. Now it might be three times the price rather than six times the price to do so.

NBN Co accepted many businesses would not need the premium plans. It said the enterprise ethernet plans were best suited for sectors with high data needs, such as professional and technical services, healthcare, financial services, education and training, administrative services, and wholesale trade.

All this must be done through a retailer, meaning NBN Co will need the co-operation of providers including Telstra, Optus and TPG. Many retailers of all sizes, from Optus down, welcomed the move because it would temper the incumbent's immense market power.

"This is a positive initiative from the government that targets investment to areas of the market that are less well-served by competition," Optus head of regulatory and public affairs Paul Sheridan said.

Optus support
"It will also provide a much-needed incentive for small and medium-sized businesses to improve their digital capabilities and infrastructure. Optus looks forward to partnering with NBN Co to make this happen."

Business telco provider Macquarie Telecom, which does not own a fibre network, welcomed the announcement, calling it a "complete turnaround from the detrimental journey tier-one telcos had us on before the NBN was introduced and executed".

After spending $51 billion on a second-rate network, and a decade criticising Labor, it turns out fibre was better all along.
— Michelle Rowland, Labor communications spokeswoman

"Crucially, the availability of point-to-point fibre-on-demand to 85 regional zones will bring greater competition to regional Australia and be the final nail in the coffin for tier ones underserving and overcharging regional businesses that have not had choice of provider," group executive Luke Clifton said.

But some with large fibre networks of their own – including Telstra, TPG and Vocus – were less enthusiastic.

A Telstra spokesman said: "We look forward to seeing more detail. However, it is important this investment doesn’t lead to the inefficient duplication or overbuilding of existing infrastructure."

Vocus, previously a vociferous critic of NBN Co's push into the enterprise market, welcomed the move, provided it did not overbuild where there was already strong competition from fibre providers.

"With this commitment in place, today's announcement should be positive for competition – particularly in regional areas which do not enjoy the same levels of competitive investment in fibre infrastructure as major cities."

NBN Co said 1.4 million businesses around the country are now eligible to have fibre rolled out to their premises free of charge. Of those, 700,000 businesses in 240 "business fibre zones" are eligible for the cheapest prices, previously only available for businesses in major CBDs. For many businesses, that could mean a more than 50 per cent price cut.

The decision follows a move by Telstra earlier this year to slash the cost of its own on-net enterprise plans. It further ramps up competition in the enterprise market, which had been dominated by Telstra until recent years.

The $700 million investment appeared to confirm expectations that NBN Co would use some of the $6 billion it raised in private debt earlier this year to build its fibre network. More details on this move – including a potential upgrade of the residential network – will be released in Wednesday's corporate plan.

NBN Co chief executive Stephen Rue said the plan would "help open up the market for all internet providers – both existing and new, small and large – driving competition so that businesses can thrive right across Australia".

The government backed the move. Communications Minister Paul Fletcher said: "During this global health crisis the NBN has proven itself to be a vital national asset. It has supported Australian businesses as they have innovated and adapted to digital operating models to overcome the challenges of the pandemic and enabled families and friends to keep in touch virtually.

“The Morrison government understands the importance of continued investment into Australian businesses and digital connectivity. That’s why we are making affordable ultra-fast broadband available to more businesses Australia wide.”

Federal Labor took the announcement as an opportunity to criticise the government's "multi-technology mix", which replaced the Rudd government's original all-fibre residential network with one that used a mix of fibre, copper and hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) technology.

"After spending $51 billion on a second-rate network, and a decade criticising Labor, it turns out fibre was better all along," opposition communications spokeswoman Michelle Rowland said.

"Today confirms the Liberals don't have a clue when it comes to technology or economics. Their only motivation is the politics of the moment and Australians have lost out."

From: https://www.afr.com/companies/telecommunications/nbn-splashes-700m-in-bid-for-market-domination-20200922-p55xyt

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