NBN Co - National Broadband Network goes live in Willunga

NBN Co - National Broadband Network goes live in Willunga: "Residents in the rural town of Willunga, about 47 kilometres south of Adelaide, are set to be the next to experience superfast* broadband through the National Broadband Network (NBN),as the first fibre-based site in South Australia is launched today.

The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator the Hon Stephen Conroy, was in Willunga today to officially switch on the network. At today’s launch Senator Conroy and the Minister for Finance and Deregulation, Senator the Hon Penny Wong, viewed a classroom of children receiving a viticulture lesson via the NBN.

Ms Janelle Reimann, Principal of Willunga High School, the first public school on the mainland to be connected to the NBN, said the high-definition video lessons her students can now receive via the NBN, as part of the trial, offers them a much improved educational experience.


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