Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor is welcoming feedback on a telecommunications map being sent to Wingecarribee homes and businesses. Angus Video Clip >>

Mr Taylor said the map was an update on where and when NBN optic fibre was being laid locally and where fixed wireless towers and mobile phone towers were being built. “It’s always easier to see what’s happening when it’s on a map. We couldn’t include every place in Wingecarribee, but there is a fast broadband solution for all locations in Hume,” he said.

“In Bundanoon, Colo Vale, Yerrinbool, Hill Top and a number of other parts of the shire, NBN optic fibre is being rolled out from late this year, early next year, allowing 5500 premises to connect to fixed line fast broadband.

“Fixed wireless towers are another way that fast broadband is being delivered to Wingecarribee. A tower is going up to the north of Bundanoon next year. Towers are also being built at Tallong, Wingello and Marulan. Across more outlying areas of Wingecarribee, fast satellite broadband services are expected to be available from May next year.

“While work is commencing next year on the rollout of fibre or the building of towers, it will then be a number of months before connections are available, but I will keep the community closely informed about where things are up to.

“I’m asked a lot about the meantime. What do we do while we’re waiting for NBN to arrive? My response is that the delivery of the national broadband network is bringing unprecedented competition into telecommunications. The carriers are finally being forced to compete. There are new data packages becoming available, new services such as 4GX internet being activated on towers right across Hume and 4G small cells on exchanges in smaller villages, all providing fast internet. This is a constantly changing space. The technology is moving fast and the competition is hotting up. All for the benefit of the customer. So I encourage people to check in with their preferred provider to see what’s on offer.”

Caption: Federal Member for Hume Angus Taylor is welcoming feedback on a map to Wingecarribee homes and businesses updating them on mobile phone and internet coverage.