New NBN upgrades: Is your suburb getting faster internet?

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A million households and businesses are in line to get their NBN connection upgraded for 10 times faster internet speeds, free of cost.

Over the last couple of years, the NBN Co has been announcing a growing list of towns and suburbs to be given access to faster internet under its NBN fibre upgrade program.

This time around, another million households and businesses have been added to the list, with up to 58% located in regional areas and the rest in metro areas.

The announcement is in large part due to the Australian government's recent 2.4 billion investment.

What does this NBN upgrade mean for me?

If your property is using the Fibre to the Node connection (the least liked due to sub-par speeds), you could be moved up to Fibre to the Premises (FTTP).

This means instead of struggling with 25–50Mbps speeds, you could access download speeds from 500Mbps to close to 1Gbps.

You would have to pay close to $15,000 to get your NBN connection type upgraded yourself, which is a hard ask for people.

See the full list of suburbs here

"[This] announcement is good news for customers living and working in more than 1 million homes and businesses across Australia because they will soon be able to access the fastest residential speeds available on the NBN network," said Kathrine Dyer, chief operating officer at NBN.

"So far, we have identified the suburbs and towns across Australia where customers living and working in around 3 million premises currently served by NBN Fibre to the Node will be able to access full fibre upgrades by the end of 2025."

Is there a catch to this NBN upgrade?

Overall, 10 million premises are due to get access to NBN Home Ultrafast by 2025.

However, Finder's tech expert and editor-at-large Angus Kidman said to take the news with a grain of salt.

"More high-speed fibre is always welcome, but the devil remains in the details," said Kidman.

"Most of the locations announced have been discussed by NBN before, and not every home in a town or suburb will be covered. However, it's worth registering for an upgrade and seeing if your home address has now become eligible.

"Even if you're not eligible, take the time to compare and see if you can get a better deal with your existing service. Switching providers is straightforward, so don't pay the lazy tax!"

Is my town or suburb getting an NBN upgrade?

This table covers every town and suburb potentially eligible for FTTN to FTTP upgrades in the list released by the NBN Co on 13 February 2023.

You can search by name to find your suburb. Keep in mind there's a chance the NBN Co could revise the list at any point.

StateSuburb or town
ACTAinslie
ACTCasey
ACTDickson
ACTKingston
ACTMacgregor
ACTMonash
ACTYarralumla
NSWAdamstown
NSWAdamstown Heights
NSWAirds
NSWAlbury
NSWAlexandria
NSWAllambie Heights
NSWAshmont
NSWAvalon Beach
NSWAvoca Beach
NSWBangalee
NSWBar Beach
NSWBarnsley
NSWBarrack Heights
NSWBasin View
NSWBathurst
NSWBelmont North
NSWBeresfield
NSWBilgola Plateau
NSWBlackbutt
NSWBlackheath
NSWBlayney
NSWBlue Haven
NSWBolwarra Heights
NSWBonnells Bay
NSWBooragul
NSWBowral
NSWBowraville
NSWBradbury
NSWBroadmeadow
NSWBudgewoi
NSWBuff Point
NSWBundanoon
NSWBungendore
NSWCalala
NSWCallala Bay
NSWCallala Beach
NSWCampbelltown
NSWCardiff
NSWCasino
NSWCastle Hill
NSWCaves Beach
NSWCessnock
NSWCharlestown
NSWChinderah
NSWClyde
NSWColedale
NSWCooks Hill
NSWCoolangatta
NSWCooma
NSWCoonabarabran
NSWCooranbong
NSWCorowa
NSWCowra
NSWCringila
NSWCronulla
NSWCrosslands
NSWDalmeny
NSWDarlinghurst
NSWDee Why
NSWDenhams Beach
NSWDouble Bay
NSWDubbo
NSWEast Albury
NSWEast Ballina
NSWEast Tamworth
NSWEden
NSWEdgeworth
NSWElderslie
NSWEleebana
NSWElermore Vale
NSWEpping
NSWErina
NSWFigtree
NSWFingal Head
NSWForbes
NSWForster
NSWGateshead
NSWGerroa
NSWGilgandra
NSWGladesville
NSWGlen Innes
NSWGlendale
NSWGlenfield Park
NSWGlenmore Park
NSWGlenroy
NSWGorokan
NSWGoulburn
NSWGrafton
NSWGranville
NSWGriffith
NSWGulgong
NSWGunnedah
NSWGwynneville
NSWHalekulani
NSWHamilton
NSWHarrington
NSWHaywards Bay
NSWHelensburgh
NSWHillsborough
NSWHillvue
NSWHinchinbrook
NSWHolmesville
NSWHomebush West
NSWHunters Hill
NSWIslington
NSWJamisontown
NSWJerrabomberra
NSWJindabyne
NSWKanwal
NSWKariong
NSWKatoomba
NSWKeiraville
NSWKelso
NSWKensington
NSWKillingworth
NSWKincumber
NSWKings Langley
NSWKingscliff
NSWKingsford
NSWKirrawee
NSWKooringal
NSWKotara
NSWKurri Kurri
NSWLakelands
NSWLambton
NSWLaurieton
NSWLavington
NSWLeura
NSWLisarow
NSWLithgow
NSWLong Beach
NSWMacksville
NSWMacquarie Hills
NSWMaianbar
NSWMaitland
NSWMaloneys Beach
NSWMannering Park
NSWMarmong Point
NSWMaryland
NSWMedowie
NSWMerewether
NSWMerimbula
NSWMiddleton Grange
NSWMitchell
NSWMittagong
NSWMollymook
NSWMollymook Beach
NSWMontefiores
NSWMoree
NSWMoss Vale
NSWMount Austin
NSWMount Hutton
NSWMount Kembla
NSWMount Warrigal
NSWMudgee
NSWMurwillumbah
NSWNambucca Heads
NSWNarara
NSWNarrabri
NSWNarrandera
NSWNarrawallee
NSWNew Lambton
NSWNiagara Park
NSWNorah Head
NSWNorth Albury
NSWNorth Batemans Bay
NSWNorth Kellyville
NSWNorth Lambton
NSWNorth Manly
NSWNorth Nowra
NSWNorth Tamworth
NSWNowra
NSWOak Flats
NSWOld Erowal Bay
NSWOrange
NSWOurimbah
NSWOxley Vale
NSWParklea
NSWPicton
NSWPort Kembla
NSWPort Macquarie
NSWPrimbee
NSWQuakers Hill
NSWRaymond Terrace
NSWRhodes
NSWRozelle
NSWRuse
NSWRutherford
NSWSan Remo
NSWSanctuary Point
NSWScone
NSWShell Cove
NSWShoalhaven Heads
NSWShortland
NSWSingleton
NSWSkennars Head
NSWSmithfield
NSWSouth Albury
NSWSouth Bathurst
NSWSouth Grafton
NSWSouth Nowra
NSWSouth Tamworth
NSWSouth Turramurra
NSWSouth West Rocks
NSWSpeers Point
NSWSpring Farm
NSWSt Helens Park
NSWStockton
NSWSunshine Bay
NSWSurfside
NSWSurry Hills
NSWSussex Inlet
NSWSwansea
NSWTahmoor
NSWTelarah
NSWTerranora
NSWTerrigal
NSWThirlmere
NSWThirroul
NSWThornton
NSWThurgoona
NSWTuggerah
NSWTuggerawong
NSWTumut
NSWTweed Heads South
NSWUlladulla
NSWUmina Beach
NSWValentine
NSWWadalba
NSWWagga Wagga
NSWWaitara
NSWWallabi Point
NSWWallsend
NSWWangi Wangi
NSWWarners Bay
NSWWarrawong
NSWWatanobbi
NSWWauchope
NSWWentworth Falls
NSWWest Albury
NSWWest Bathurst
NSWWest Kempsey
NSWWest Tamworth
NSWWest Wallsend
NSWWest Wyalong
NSWWetherill Park
NSWWhitebridge
NSWWindale
NSWWindradyne
NSWWollongbar
NSWWollstonecraft
NSWWombarra
NSWWoodcroft
NSWWoolwich
NSWWoronora Heights
NSWWyee
NSWWyoming
NSWWyongah
NSWYamba
NSWYass
NSWYoung
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VICAttwood
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VICBallan
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VICBell Post Hill
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VICBenalla
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VICBlind Bight
VICBotanic Ridge
VICBright
VICBroadford
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VICCamperdown
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VICCapel Sound
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VICDalyston
VICDaylesford
VICDiamond Creek
VICDromana
VICDrouin
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VICEast Bairnsdale
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VICEastwood
VICEchuca
VICEltham
VICFlora Hill#
VICGeelong
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VICGolden Square
VICHamilton
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VICHastings
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VICHeathcote Junction
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VICHorsham
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VICKeysborough
VICKialla
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VICLake Gardens
VICLake Wendouree
VICLang Lang
VICLaunching Place
VICLeneva
VICLeongatha
VICLoch Sport
VICLong Gully
VICLovely Banks
VICLucknow
VICManifold Heights
VICMildura
VICMoe
VICMornington
VICMorwell
VICMount Martha
VICNarre Warren North
VICNewtown
VICNorlane
VICNorth Bendigo
VICNorth Melbourne
VICNorth Shore
VICPaynesville
VICPoint Lonsdale
VICPort Fairy
VICPortarlington
VICPortland#
VICPortsea
VICQuarry Hill
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VICSale
VICSeville
VICSeville East
VICSilverleaves
VICSmiths Beach
VICSomers
VICSorrento
VICSouth Dudley
VICSouth Geelong
VICSouth Morang
VICSpring Gully
VICSt Albans Park
VICSt Leonards
VICStrathfieldsaye
VICSunbury
VICSunderland Bay
VICSunset Strip
VICSunshine West
VICSurf Beach
VICSwan Hill
VICTooradin
VICTootgarook
VICTorquay
VICTrafalgar
VICTraralgon
VICTraralgon East
VICTyabb
VICVenus Bay
VICWallan
VICWandana Heights
VICWandong
VICWangaratta
VICWarburton
VICWarneet
VICWarragul
VICWarrnambool
VICWendouree
VICWest Wodonga
VICWhittlesea
VICWimbledon Heights
VICWodonga
VICWonthaggi
VICWoori Yallock
VICWy Yung
VICYarra Junction
VICYarragon
VICYarram
VICYarrawonga
QLDAgnes Water
QLDAirlie Beach
QLDAllenstown
QLDAtherton
QLDAvenell Heights
QLDAyr
QLDBahrs Scrub
QLDBarlows Hill
QLDBeaudesert
QLDBeerwah
QLDBellbowrie
QLDBelvedere
QLDBerserker
QLDBilinga
QLDBirtinya
QLDBlack River
QLDBlackwater
QLDBongaree
QLDBonogin
QLDBowen
QLDBoyne Island
QLDBray Park
QLDBrendale
QLDBucasia
QLDBuderim
QLDBundaberg Central
QLDBundaberg East
QLDBundaberg North
QLDBundaberg South
QLDBundaberg West
QLDBurleigh Heads
QLDBurleigh Waters
QLDBurpengary
QLDBurpengary East
QLDBurrum Heads
QLDCaboolture
QLDCaloundra
QLDCaloundra West
QLDCamira
QLDCannon Hill
QLDCannonvale
QLDCapalaba
QLDCarseldine
QLDChinchilla
QLDClermont
QLDClinton
QLDCollingwood Park
QLDCondon
QLDCooee Bay
QLDCoolum Beach
QLDCooroy
QLDCooya Beach
QLDCornubia
QLDCrestmead
QLDCurrumbin Waters
QLDDalby
QLDDarling Heights
QLDDarra
QLDDeception Bay
QLDDeeragun
QLDDicky Beach
QLDDiddillibah
QLDDoolandella
QLDDrayton
QLDDundowran Beach
QLDDurack
QLDDysart
QLDEatons Hill
QLDEmerald
QLDEverton Hills
QLDFlagstone
QLDFrenchville
QLDGatton
QLDGladstone Central
QLDGlass House Mountains
QLDGleneagle
QLDGlenvale
QLDGoondi Bend
QLDGordonvale
QLDGreenbank
QLDGympie
QLDHarristown
QLDHighfields
QLDIngham
QLDInnisfail
QLDJacobs Well
QLDJensen
QLDJimboomba
QLDJones Hill
QLDJubilee Pocket
QLDKaralee
QLDKarana Downs
QLDKawana
QLDKawungan
QLDKearneys Spring
QLDKedron
QLDKelso
QLDKepnock
QLDKin Kora
QLDKingaroy
QLDKoongal
QLDLabrador
QLDLaidley
QLDLandsborough
QLDLawnton
QLDLogan Reserve
QLDLogan Village
QLDLoganholme
QLDLowood
QLDMachans Beach
QLDMain Beach
QLDMaleny
QLDMareeba
QLDMarian
QLDMaroochydore
QLDMaryborough
QLDMillbank
QLDMirani
QLDMoffat Beach
QLDMoranbah
QLDMorayfield
QLDMossman
QLDMount Cotton
QLDMount Warren Park
QLDMudgeeraba
QLDNambour
QLDNarangba
QLDNewtown
QLDNoosaville
QLDNorman Gardens
QLDNorth Ipswich
QLDNorth Mackay
QLDNorville
QLDOakey
QLDOxley
QLDParadise Point
QLDPark Avenue
QLDPetrie
QLDPialba
QLDPimpama
QLDPine Mountain
QLDPoint Vernon
QLDRainbow Beach
QLDRasmussen
QLDRedbank
QLDRedlynch
QLDReedy Creek
QLDRobertson
QLDRockhampton City
QLDRockville
QLDRoma
QLDRosewood
QLDRosslyn
QLDRural View
QLDSarina
QLDScarness
QLDShelly Beach
QLDSlacks Creek
QLDSlade Point
QLDSmithfield
QLDSouth Gladstone
QLDSouth Toowoomba
QLDSouthport
QLDSouthside
QLDSpringfield
QLDSteiglitz
QLDSunnybank
QLDSvensson Heights
QLDTamborine Mountain
QLDTannum Sands
QLDTewantin
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QLDUpper Caboolture
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QLDWandal
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QLDWarner
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QLDWaterford
QLDWhitfield
QLDWilsonton
QLDWilsonton Heights
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QLDWoodgate
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NTAraluen
NTBraitling
NTCiccone
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NTGillen
NTLarapinta
NTMount Johns
NTSadadeen
NTThe Gap
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SAElizabeth Downs
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SAEnfield
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SAGoolwa
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SAGulfview Heights
SAHackham
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SAHallett Cove
SAHappy Valley
SAHawthorn
SAHawthorndene
SAHazelwood Park
SAHuntfield Heights
SAKilburn
SALargs Bay
SALargs North
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SAMarion
SAMoonta Bay
SAMorphett Vale
SAMorphettville
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SAMunno Para
SAMyrtle Bank
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SAO'Halloran Hill
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SAReynella East
SARisdon Park
SARosewater
SARoxby Downs
SARoyal Park
SASalisbury
SASalisbury Heights
SASeaton
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SASmithfield Plains
SASouth Plympton
SASt Marys
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SAWalkley Heights
SAWest Lakes
SAWillaston
SAWoodcroft
SAWoodville Park
SAWoodville South
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WAHalls Head
WAHigh Wycombe
WAHillman
WAHocking
WAJane Brook
WAJoondalup
WAKalamunda
WAKalgoorlie
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WAMalaga
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WAMenora
WAMiddle Swan
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WAO'Connor
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WAParkwood
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WAQuinns Rocks
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WAWillagee
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WAWoodlands
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TASChigwell
TASClaremont
TASDevonport
TASEvandale
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TASHawley Beach
TASHuonville
TASLatrobe
TASLongford
TASMargate
TASNew Norfolk
TASPark Grove
TASPenguin
TASPerth
TASPort Sorell
TASScamander
TASUlverstone
TASWest Ulverstone

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    SusanMarch 15, 2023

    When can we expect connection of fibre to house upgrade in Barnsley NSW 2278, as we have the worst internet connection. V

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      MariamMarch 16, 2023Finder

      Hi Susan, I’m sorry to hear you’re having problems with your internet connection. It looks like Barnsley NSW 2278 will get an upgrade but the rollout won’t happen until the end of 2025 from the statement the NBN Co released last month. In the meantime, there are some alternatives you could consider: https://www.finder.com.au/broadband-plans/home-wireless-broadband

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    MaryMarch 1, 2023

    How do they get the wires from outside to inside of house if I have a long concrete driveway

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      MarkApril 6, 2023Finder

      Hi Mary,
      It will depend on what connection you get as to how the wiring is delivered into your house. If you’re looking to upgrade your connection, it would be best to talk to your internet service provider to see what work would need to be done, which will depend on what plan and connection you choose.
      Hope this helps.

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