Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the House) Share this | Hansard source

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy has provided the following answer to the honourable member's question:

(1) A standard NEC manufactured Ethernet 10/100Base T interface Network Termination Unit (NTU) has been used in Tasmania for the stage 1 'pre release' rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) in that State. Stage 1 of the rollout was designed to test network planning and construction techniques under different conditions.

(2) NBN Co Limited is purchasing Alcatel-manufactured Ethernet 10/100/1000Base T interfaces for the rollout of the NBN nationally. This NTU is capable of supporting speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.

Premises in Tasmania currently connected to the NBN via a standard NEC NTU will be progressively migrated to the Alcatel NTU, meaning that all premises in Tasmania connected to the NBN fibre network will have access to speeds of up to 1 gigabit per second.

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