For the first time on the Central Coast, services over the NBN are scheduled to replace most existing landline phone and internet services in parts of Gosford from Sunday, October 5.
NBN Co are urging the remaining affected residents and businesses in parts of Gosford who have not placed an order for services over the NBN to contact their preferred internet service provider or phone company as soon as possible. NBN Co spokesperson Mr Darren Rudd said: “The move to the NBN is not automatic and may take some planning and coordination.” “Residents and businesses in parts of Gosford need to move their landline phone and internet services over to the NBN if they wish to continue using them. “They have a choice whether to switch across to the NBN or to make do with mobile or other solutions. “We are encouraging residents and businesses in affected areas to ensure they make the switch before it’s too late,” said Mr Rudd. Business owner Mr Dave Abrahams, who runs Organise Internet and TimeSlotStudio in Gosford CBD said since making the switch to the NBN, local film makers and students are seeing they don’t need to travel to Sydney or Newcastle to do their work. “Since connecting to the NBN, our clients have been able to use fast broadband to transfer huge image and movie files to offshore servers and editing studios in other parts of the country, allowing them to collaborate with producers, editors and script-writers over high quality Skype sessions. “We’re not only saving our clients time and money from not needing to travel to studios in the city, we’re getting a competitive advantage over getting their work to market faster.” NBN Co is currently undertaking a comprehensive communication campaign with residents in areas of Gosford scheduled to make the switch to the NBN from October 5.
Media release,
12 Aug 2013
Nick Creevey, n2n
communications