NBN Co's take-up rates soar

[freakiness]

Last week was the most recent NBN progress update.

At the time the fact that the take-up rates were increasing rapidly was lost amongst the asbestos fallout.

Our take-up rates have been described as world leading, at recent industry forums.

A week later and I haven't seen it on the news.

This is good. With the advent of smart TVs at home and the growth in online activity in business, health and education we'd be crazy to stop it or change it now.

Malcolm wants to talk down about Mike Quigley but Mr Quigley has earned his position and earned our trust.  Any man who refuses performance bonuses and donates his entire first year salary to NeuroScience Australia deserves Australian of the year in my opinion.

Barnaby Joyce fair dinkum insulted him.  He did a very good Les Patterson impersonation.

Actually I was rather disappointed that there was so much trash politics talk and personal attacks.

At most of these events Quigley and his team get to talk more about the project, issues, what's going on and why. It's interesting and informative.

PLEASE NOTE: I have not mentioned Labor. This is about the National Broadband Network infrastructure project.  It's not a hate fest on LNP or their fans.

http://www.itnews.com.au/News/345123,nbn-cos-take-up-rates-soar.aspx/0

Analysis: Big numbers, big growth in just five weeks.

Take-up rates across NBN Co's fibre network are soaring, with many rollout areas adding hundreds of users over the past five weeks.

In a Budget Estimates dominated by asbestos and antagonism, NBN Co provided an updated dataset of completed fibre serving area modules (FSAMs) and the percentage take-up for connections in each.

As with the previous dataset that was released on April 19, iTnews has run the figures to show exactly what the percentage growth means in terms of number of premises.

The latest data shows significant growth of active users in fibre rollout areas from Kingston Beach, George Town and Hobart in Tasmania, to Coffs Harbour in NSW and Gungahlin in the ACT.

Between the April 19 and May 30 iterations of the dataset, NBN Co has seen growth of 4087 active connections in its top 22 FSAMs, a 34 percent increase.

On the link there are tables with the FSAM take-up rate break down.

[cherry*135]

So, a green teapot can be confused for an blue ocean scene now... OK.

[donnashuggy]

sorry donna.. I thought you were AM3..

No worries, at all:)

[catsnknots]

Hello.. this thread is about the NBN, mainly the take up rate.. which includes possible reasons why some may sign up and some may not when the NBN is live in their area.

you mentioned retired  people in your area having low GB useage

If that is aimed at me... read it again... I posted they may not have needs for higher GB or faster speed.. it doesn't say all retired people in my area will have lower needs.

Hang on... you are still being ageist... according to your own method... 

[cherry*135]

Computer and Internet use

There has been a large increase in the number of older people using computers and the Internet since SDAC was last conducted. In 2009, 47% of people aged 60 years and over living in households had used a computer in the previous 12 months, compared to only 28% in 2003. Those who lived in a private dwelling with others were far more likely to use computers (50%) than those who lived alone (38%). The most common place where a computer was used in the previous 12 months was at home (43%).

The growth in Internet use has been even more dramatic. The proportion of older people using the Internet in the previous 12 months almost doubled from 21% in 2003 to 41% in 2009. Home Internet use experienced the greatest rate of growth over that period, rising from 17% to 38%. Of those who used the Internet at home in the previous 12 months, 97% used it for 'Personal or private' purposes, and 30% for 'Work or business'.

None of that states the average number of GB's a senior would use in a month.

I never said seniors don't use the internet.

They might use 1GB, they might use 5GB some might use 50GB.

Those that are occasional users of the interent may not feel the need to change to the NBN.

[cherry*135]

Hang on... you are still being ageist... according to your own method... 

Not at all.

[poddster]

 At the moment HFC networks have REAL connected customers of over a million, however,  using NBN favourite figures they might have "premises passed" of 5-10 million. How long will it take the NBN to match those figure? When is Halley's Comet next due?

When is Halley's Comet next due?

Here are some conservative figures John

It has take 3 years to get 12,020 take ups at that rate it will take 832 years to get 10,000,000 take ups even if you increase the tak up rate by a factor of 10 it will still take 83 years

Well within the realms of Halley'sComet's next wisitation 🙂

[cherry*135]

It has take 3 years to get 12,020 take ups

It is not even 2 years yet since the NBN went live in the test area here. The test areas only covered a limited amount of houses 3-4000 here.

[freakiness]

Build in tandem FN, not bulldoze  a competitor, if the HFC is so awful customers will migrate to the NBN or like myself continue to use a good cable network,

"Is everyone in your area able to access HFC?" yes there is both Telstra and Optus

Capacity? what is wrong with the existing 100Mbs being offered by HFC, 

Overbuild FN, codswallop, the NBN fought hard to have the perfectly good HFC networks shutdown purely to ensure that there would be no competition, likewise with copper, not only for ADSL services,  but telephony services as well. The NBN tried to prevent mobile Internet services also, but that, thankfully was not allowed.

At the moment HFC networks have REAL connected customers of over a million, however,  using NBN favourite figures they might have "premises passed" of 5-10 million. How long will it take the NBN to match those figure? When is Halley's Comet next due?

Quigley and his tech team have explained the reasons for not sticking with the HFC numerous times.  It's cheaper and easier overall to just overbuild instead of running 2 network in those locations. For the most part HFC is duplicated anyway. Those who have access have both Testra and Optus while the rest of the country have neither.  There is not the same potential for uploads either.

Just because you have cable doesn't mean the rest of us do.

Just because you don't need NBN doesn't mean the rest of us don't.

NBN Co never did try to stop the mobile internet services.

There was never any suggestion that NBN would stop mobile broadband, expect from those who oppose.

If you looked at the information you would see that the roll out ramps up. Of course they have to build the transit network first, can't build to houses before the connecting network exists to transport the data.  Once the first FSAM is built the next are built to surround it.  The first rollout in an area is small. The next stages are built around the first and naturally covers more premises. 

Premises past is the number of premises able to connect.  Premises connected are those who have an active service. They do not change from passed to connected until after the service is active.  After the FSAM is activated you get on the waiting list for connection.