High-speed internet to reach thousands more households
North Epping, Victoria, is among three key locations within the City of Whittlesea earmarked to receive high-speed web capabilities in 2015.
Poor internet coverage has frustrated resident in Epping North, Mernda and Doreen for some time, but relief is on the way.
Fibre optic installation firm Redtrain has just been contracted by the City of Whittlesea to carry out the upgrade.
The installation will see high-speed internet connected to 14,500 homes using Fibre to the Home (FTTH) data cabling, considered state of the art.
While the recent rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) improved many services across the city, thousands of homes missed out and were left with the much slower and often unreliably slow copper broadband or mobile broadband.
Mayor Ricky Kirkham said the faster internet services were essential for both businesses and residents, and opened up a vast range of opportunities. These included online video tutorials for school students, video-conference calls for business operations and much more.
Broadband investment has been the focus of a number of programs initiated by the council to develop further community benefits in the future.
The Intelligent Community Forum, based in New York, recently recognised the council for its efforts in attracting broadband investment.
While flyer printing has often been used to advise residents of important works such as the high-speed internet upgrades, residents are also able to see if their homes are included on the Redtrain schedule by accessing the company’s website.
Poor internet coverage has frustrated resident in Epping North, Mernda and Doreen for some time, but relief is on the way.
Fibre optic installation firm Redtrain has just been contracted by the City of Whittlesea to carry out the upgrade.
The installation will see high-speed internet connected to 14,500 homes using Fibre to the Home (FTTH) data cabling, considered state of the art.
While the recent rollout of the National Broadband Network (NBN) improved many services across the city, thousands of homes missed out and were left with the much slower and often unreliably slow copper broadband or mobile broadband.
Mayor Ricky Kirkham said the faster internet services were essential for both businesses and residents, and opened up a vast range of opportunities. These included online video tutorials for school students, video-conference calls for business operations and much more.
Broadband investment has been the focus of a number of programs initiated by the council to develop further community benefits in the future.
The Intelligent Community Forum, based in New York, recently recognised the council for its efforts in attracting broadband investment.
While flyer printing has often been used to advise residents of important works such as the high-speed internet upgrades, residents are also able to see if their homes are included on the Redtrain schedule by accessing the company’s website.