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| Goodna Councillor Paul Tully |
SPRINGFIELD residents may have to wait years for the NBN but many other Ipswich residents will soon be enjoying the benefits of super-fast broadband.
Work will commence on an area containing about 3000 homes and businesses in Ipswich in November, with those customers expected to be able to connect to the NBN before the end of next year.
Goodna is already on track to be one of the next locations in Queensland to go live early next year.
Fibre works in the suburb and surrounds commenced in October 2011 and already three greenfield (new development) sites have been connected.
Goodna councillor Paul Tully is one resident keen to take advantage of speeds of up to 100 megabytes a second from next year.
Cr Tully said Goodna was lucky to be getting the service first and he would be lining up to connect the service at his Goodna office.
"We are looking to put it on at my office at Queen St," he said.
"I'll be able to put out 20 tweets an hour instead of 10."
He said the rollout hadn't been very well publicised in Goodna but once residents and businesses experienced the speed of the service they would be keen to get on board.
"This is a good kick start for the local community after what happened here during the floods," he said.
"It's good to see they're moving through Goodna and south to Bellbird Park and Redbank Plains.
"There was an information session a few months ago and people are quite excited by it.
"But until you get a chance to experience those speeds it's hard to know how good it is."
Residents in new housing estates Cunningham Rise at Goodna, Brentwood Rise at Augustine Heights and Bergins Rise in Bundamba have already connected to the NBN.
As early adopters of the NBN, Brentwood Rise experienced significant delays in the network rollout, with some residents waiting up to nine months to connect.
Despite the early concerns, Investa Properties project manager for Brentwood Rise Peter McLeod said the feedback had been very positive.
"There are 119 lots in stage four of the development which was the first of the greenfields sites," Mr McLeod said. "Around 80 of those homes are now occupied and the feedback I've had is really positive."
By the middle of 2015, construction will have commenced or be complete in about 678,000 homes and businesses across Queensland.
SPRINGFIELD residents may have to wait years for the NBN but many other Ipswich residents will soon be enjoying the benefits of super-fast broadband.
Work will commence on an area containing about 3000 homes and businesses in Ipswich in November, with those customers expected to be able to connect to the NBN before the end of next year.
Goodna is already on track to be one of the next locations in Queensland to go live early next year.
Fibre works in the suburb and surrounds commenced in October 2011 and already three greenfield (new development) sites have been connected.
Goodna councillor Paul Tully is one resident keen to take advantage of speeds of up to 100 megabytes a second from next year.
Cr Tully said Goodna was lucky to be getting the service first and he would be lining up to connect the service at his Goodna office.
"We are looking to put it on at my office at Queen St," he said.
"I'll be able to put out 20 tweets an hour instead of 10."
He said the rollout hadn't been very well publicised in Goodna but once residents and businesses experienced the speed of the service they would be keen to get on board.
"This is a good kick start for the local community after what happened here during the floods," he said.
"It's good to see they're moving through Goodna and south to Bellbird Park and Redbank Plains.
"There was an information session a few months ago and people are quite excited by it.
"But until you get a chance to experience those speeds it's hard to know how good it is."
Residents in new housing estates Cunningham Rise at Goodna, Brentwood Rise at Augustine Heights and Bergins Rise in Bundamba have already connected to the NBN.
As early adopters of the NBN, Brentwood Rise experienced significant delays in the network rollout, with some residents waiting up to nine months to connect.
Despite the early concerns, Investa Properties project manager for Brentwood Rise Peter McLeod said the feedback had been very positive.
"There are 119 lots in stage four of the development which was the first of the greenfields sites," Mr McLeod said. "Around 80 of those homes are now occupied and the feedback I've had is really positive."
By the middle of 2015, construction will have commenced or be complete in about 678,000 homes and businesses across Queensland.
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