NBN Co says more than 99 per cent of the roughly 600,000 premises left in its Fibre to the Node upgrade programme will be able to order a full-fibre upgrade by December 2030, up from the 95 per cent it estimated in January 2025. NBN Co announced the revised target on 3 September 2026. Check your address to find out whether you can order an upgrade now.
The 99 per cent figure applies to the remaining FTTN upgrade programme, not to every Australian home. At the announcement, about 254,000 of those premises were under construction and about 91,000 were already eligible to order. Check your address on NBN Co’s checker before assuming work at your home is imminent.
If your address can order, the next step is a provider quote for the fibre plan you actually need. If it cannot yet, the December 2030 target is a programme commitment, not an installation date.
What NBN Co Announced
NBN Co attributes the higher estimate to progress in detailed design work across the programme. The statement reports that about 254,000 of the designed premises are under construction, and that about 91,000 of those are now eligible to order a fibre upgrade. Those are progress figures on the announcement date, not a live count.
Source: NBN Co: More Australian homes and businesses to benefit from full fibre upgrades, read 10 September 2026.
Planned, Being Built and Ready to Order Are Different Things
What Each Stage Means for Your Address
Programme target
A commitment to make an upgrade available by December 2030.
- A future date, not an installation appointment
Under construction
Design is complete and work is progressing in the area.
- Check whether orders are open yet for your premises
Eligible to order
Your address can accept a fibre upgrade order through a provider.
- Ask a provider for the plans, charges and next steps
Check Your Address Before Planning an Upgrade
Use NBN Co’s address checker and check the full result, including the unit or lot number. If your exact premises is missing, ask a provider to resolve the address before relying on a nearby result. Save the result and date alongside any quote; a suburb announcement alone does not confirm that you can order.
Questions to Ask a Provider
Source: NBN Co: Check your address, read 10 September 2026.
What This Announcement Does Not Tell You
It does not establish an installation date for your property, the retail price you will pay or the speed your chosen plan will deliver. Our advice is to separate two decisions: whether fibre is available to order at your address, and which service meets your needs. If the checker does not show an upgrade available yet, do not treat the national target as a promise that work at your home is close.
Sources and How This Was Checked
Programme figures come from NBN Co’s media statement dated 3 September 2026 and describe that date. The address checker was opened but no address, order or installation was tested for this article. This is retrospective coverage of the announcement, published on 10 September 2026.
Related on Tech X Telco: FTTC fibre upgrades no longer require a high-speed NBN plan, a separate eligibility change for a different access technology.
David Everson is Tech X Telco's mobile and broadband writer. He compares Australian mobile plans, NBN providers and prepaid deals, and tests the recharge processes, apps and tools readers ask about most. His focus is simple: helping Australians pay less for their phone and internet without losing the coverage they need.
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