nbn use a variety of connection types to deliver their network across Australia:
- FTTN (Fibre to the Node):
NBN will run fibre-optic cable to a node in or nearby your street. From this node, your existing copper phone line is used to run the nbn connection to your house. You can access your nbn connection via the telephone wall socket in your house. - FTTP (Fibre to the Premises):
NBN will run a fibre optic cable from the node in or nearby your street directly to your premises. This type of connection requires an nbn access network device to be installed inside your home. - FTTB (Fibre to the Building):
NBN will run a fibre optic cable directly to the communication room of an apartment block (or similar type of building). From the common communication room, existing copper network technology is used to deliver the nbn connection to each individual apartment. You can access your nbn connection via the telephone wall socket in your apartment. - FTTC (Fibre to the Curb):
NBN will run a fibre optic cable from the node to a Distribution Point Unit (DPU) closer to your premises. The nbn connection is then taken from this DPU to your house via the existing telephone copper network. - HFC (Hybrid Fibre Coaxial):
A HFC connection is used in circumstances where an existing cable network can be used to make the final part of the nbn access network connection. In this type of connection, NBN will run a fibre optic cable to the nearest node, with an HFC cable running the nbn connection from the node to your house. - FW (Fixed Wireless):
A Fixed Wireless nbn connection utilises data transmitted over radio signals to connect a premise to the nbn network. Data will travel from a transmission tower to an nbn outdoor antenna that has been install on your premises by an approved nbn installer.