Fibre to the Home Comes to Canberra

Canberra telco TransACT will be deploying fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) in the city from this month, with more FTTH tenders on the table. TransACT will switch on its fibre-to-the-home network on a test basis, with the service set to go live officially at the end of the month. The fibre network will be used in a new development in Forde, in the Gungahlin district of Canberra, and is expected to cover up to 1500 users within the next three years. As well as free-to-air TV and video on demand, residents of Forde will be offered a choice between two broadband packages using the fibre network — a 10Mbps/2Mbps, for mum and dad users, and a 30Mbps/10Mbps, aimed at power users and businesspeople working from home