Devonport

Population
21,528
Established
1823
Postcode
7310
Location
41°10′S 146°21′E
NBN plans near: Devonport
About Devonport

Sitting at the mouth of the Mersey River, the north-west Tasmanian town of Devonport is the home of the Spirit of Tasmania.

Area NBN Deployment

Tasmania has been chosen as an NBN test site for the National Broadband Network (NBN).

As part of formulating and testing construction techniques, the government plans to:

“fast-track negotiations with the Tasmanian Government, as suggested by the Panel of Experts, to build upon its National Broadband Network proposal to begin the rollout of a FTTP network and next generation wireless services in Tasmania as early as July.”

After a tender process, Aurora Energy, was chosen to roll-out backhaul fibre between points of interconnect in Tasmania, as well as fibre to the premises in conjunction with Tasmania NBN Co (TNBN Co).

The Tasmanian test sites will be rolled out in three stages. The first stage covers the towns of Midway Point, Scottsdale and Smithton, with intentions to deliver the first NBN services beginning July from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Internode, iiNet and iPrimus.

Second stage towns include Sorell, Deloraine, George Town, St Helens, Triabunna, Kingston Beach and South Hobart.

90,000 premises will be connected in Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie, as part of the roll-out’s third stage.

Devonport NBN Deployment

Sitting at the mouth of the Mersey River, the north-west Tasmanian town of Devonport is the home of the Spirit of Tasmania.

Tasmanian NBN Company (TNBN Co), a wholly owned subsidiary of NBN Co, will roll out and operate fibre to homes in Devonport as part of the Stage 3 Tasmanian NBN test sites.

Despite poor take-up of stage 1 trial NBN services, opt-out legislation passed by state Parliament in early 2011 will ensure greater availability of services at stage 2 and 3 sites.

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