Yass and Bowning fixed wireless towers will be switched on next month as part of the continuing rollout of the National Broadband Network.

Two further towers at Binalong and Mt Manton will be completed before December, switching on in the first quarter of next year, and together these four towers will allow 1100 local residents to connect to fast broadband.

Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor said NBN Co had announced its 3 year rollout plan for fast broadband and there was now clarity for all communities in his electorate.

“Yass township will receive optic fibre to the node (FTTN) allowing 2400 premises to connect to fast broadband. In addition, 800 premises in Murrumbateman will receive FTTN. The fibre will be rolled out in Yass and Murrumbateman in late 2016.

“As fixed wireless towers are switched on around Yass, Bowning, Binalong and Mt Manton, this will go live on the NBN Co maps. There won’t be much activity on the NBN website unless work has actually started on the ground. This was an undertaking made by the Government, so that people are not being misled about project starting times, as they were under the Labor Government.”

Mr Taylor said the NBN fixed line and fixed wireless rollout would deliver access to fast broadband to 42,000 premises (businesses and homes) in Hume in the next three years.

Mr Taylor said in areas where the fixed line and fixed wireless networks were unable to provide coverage, satellite broadband would deliver speeds up to 25 megabits per second.

“Satellite broadband is very fast and reliable and, unlike Labor, we’ll be providing enough capacity for regional users. We’ve just successfully launched the first of two new NBN satellites, with satellite connections expected to be available from May next year. Fast broadband is on its way to all of Hume,” Mr Taylor said.

Please visit the NBN Co website for more information http://www.nbnco.com.au

Caption: Angus Taylor at the fixed wireless tower on Perry Street, in Yass. This tower and a tower at Bowning will be switched on in November, bringing access to fast broadband for nearby residents.