The remaining seven per cent, in remote and rural areas, will be serviced via satellite and fixed wireless.
To access the NBN a home or business must sign up with an internet service provider (ISP).
Once the home has signed up to the NBN through an ISP, NBN Co will send a technician to install the NBN from the street to the home.
The network links to a small box (or dish or antennae for remote and rural customers) on the outside of the home. Then a cable is brought into the house and a Network Termination Device is installed.
This functions like a modem allowing a customer to plug in their phone and internet to the NBN.
NBN Co will not charge for installing the hardware to the home, but an ISP may charge fees to connect to the NBN.
NBN Co's website says "in NBN fibre areas, you could access internet and phone services over NBN fibre for around the same price as you're paying now".
It recommends consumers contact their ISP "to see if there are any other charges such as set up or activation fees".
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If 93% of Australia premises can have NBN fibre optic, this will be the new era of real fast and reliable internet.
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