The first National Broadband Network (NBN) fibre services in Sydney are being switched on in the city's west this morning.
Communications Minister Stephen Conroy will flick the switch in Blacktown, as well as provide an update on the network's three-year rollout plan.
He says 1,300 homes and businesses in the Blacktown area will be able to connect to the NBN's fibre services immediately.
"Obviously people can now apply to go live, so you can start contacting your retail service providers and it will be a real race to see who the first person connected up in Blacktown is," he said.
Elsewhere, Senator Conroy says the rollout is still three months behind schedule.
But he says by June 2016, a total of 4.8 million Australian homes and businesses will have NBN construction started or finished.
He says that is an increase of 1.3 million connections to previous estimates.
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