The document discusses the National Broadband Network (NBN) rollout in Australia and its potential impacts on student housing. It outlines that the NBN will provide fiber optic connections to 93% of Australian homes by 2021, replacing older copper networks. For student housing providers, benefits include access to greatly improved broadband at their properties at no installation cost, which will help end the digital divide for residents. However, challenges exist such as potential short-term disruption during installation and long-term costs of maintaining NBN equipment on site. Overall the NBN aims to enhance broadband access across Australia, but its impacts on student housing will depend on individual circumstances.

1. The impact of the NBN on student housing
Student Housing Forum
Sydney Harbour Marriott
22 August 2013

2. CONTENTS

3. What is the NBN?

4. When will it be built
The first (in red finished 16 Sept 2011) and second (in
green started 8 July 2010 ) release sites of the NBN rollout.

5. NBN rollout map

6. NBN rollout map

7. NBN alternatives under ALP and Coalition

8. NBN alternatives under ALP and Coalition

9. What will services cost on the NBN?

10. What will services cost in the long-term?

11. Commercial considerations

12. Is installation disruptive?
How RSPs and wholesalers connect to the NBN

13. Benefits and challenges to ISPs
Benefit: Extended reach to remote areas to compete
with Telstra
Benefit: Level playing field in terms of wholesale costs
Benefit: Faster services in existing black spot and
under-serviced broadband areas
Challenge: Fixed minimum wholesale input costs (high)
Challenge: Telstra benefits financially from NBN
migration and has mobile network as well
Challenge: anti cherry picking legislation

14. Benefit: greatly improved broadband infrastructure in some markets
Benefit: the end of the digital divide
Benefit: NBN infrastructure deployed to brownfield sites at no cost
Challenge: possible disruption during installation and active NBN hardware will
take up space and power in each room
Challenge: limited control over content, impacting church based colleges or
universities
Challenge: greenfield cabling costs
Benefits & challenges to student housing providers

15. Benefits to student residents

16. In Summary

17. Questions?
Presented by: Jason Ashton
CEO
BigAir Group Limited
jason@bigair.net.au