NBN Co is offering fibre-to-the-premises upgrades to 160,000 customers. 

NBN Co says customers living and working in around 160,000 premises currently served by Fibre to the Curb (FTTC) in New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia can upgrade to Fibre to the Premises (FTTP).  

This is the first in a series of tranches that will extend eligibility to approximately 115,000 additional premises per month in New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.

The company says it wants to upgrade almost 1 million premises currently served by FTTC to FTTP by the end of this year.

Once customers order an nbn Home Superfast or nbn Home Ultrafast speed tier based plan from a participating retailer, NBN Co says it will design and construct the fibre lead-ins to the premises at no up-front cost to the retailer. The Home Ultrafast wholesale speed tier offers wholesale download speeds of 500 Mbps to close to 1 Gbps. 

Customers are invited to find out if their premises may be eligible to upgrade here.