Work has started on the upgrades to the nbn Fixed Wireless towers in the Shoalhaven City Council area, which will benefit households and businesses across Australia, including in South East NSW, providing access to faster speeds and extending the coverage of the nbn Fixed Wireless network.
When complete, the upgrades will expand the reach of the existing Fixed Wireless footprint by at least 50%, as well as enabling two new high speed fixed wireless plans – up to 250Mbps and 400Mbps. nbn is currently consulting with industry on the launch of the higher speed tiers. The additional capacity and reach available on the upgraded network will enable up to 120,000 existing Satellite-only premises to access nbn Fixed Wireless for the first time.
To enable the upgrades, nbn is introducing new technology and replacing some hardware on their fixed wireless towers. nbn will use 4G technology and software enhancements as well as introducing 5G mmWave technology. nbn will be among the first in the world to deploy 5G mmWave technology at this scale for a dedicated fixed wireless network.
The tower upgrades will mean some planned outages that may impact homes and businesses and their ability to use their nbn service while the work is underway. After the tower works are completed, nbn expect that many customers should experience an improvement in speeds on their nbn Fixed Wireless service.
The tower works will not impact nbn fixed line or nbn Sky Muster satellite services.
Impacted homes and businesses will be notified of any outages via their retail service provider. Information will also be available via the network status page on the nbn website.
