St Helens

Population
2,049
Established
1830
Postcode
7216
Location
41°19′S 148°14′E
NBN plans near: St Helens
About St Helens

Two hours’ drive east of Launceston, St Helens was discovered in the 1830s and became an important shipping port for both tin and fishing.

Area NBN Deployment

Tasmania has been chosen as an NBN test site for the National Broadband Network (NBN).

As part of formulating and testing construction techniques, the government plans to:

“fast-track negotiations with the Tasmanian Government, as suggested by the Panel of Experts, to build upon its National Broadband Network proposal to begin the rollout of a FTTP network and next generation wireless services in Tasmania as early as July.”

After a tender process, Aurora Energy, was chosen to roll-out backhaul fibre between points of interconnect in Tasmania, as well as fibre to the premises in conjunction with Tasmania NBN Co (TNBN Co).

The Tasmanian test sites will be rolled out in three stages. The first stage covers the towns of Midway Point, Scottsdale and Smithton, with intentions to deliver the first NBN services beginning July from Internet Service Providers (ISPs) Internode, iiNet and iPrimus.

Second stage towns include Sorell, Deloraine, George Town, St Helens, Triabunna, Kingston Beach and South Hobart.

90,000 premises will be connected in Hobart, Launceston, Devonport and Burnie, as part of the roll-out’s third stage.

St Helens NBN Deployment

Two hours’ drive east of Launceston, St Helens was discovered in the 1830s and became an important shipping port for both tin and fishing.

Tasmanian NBN Company (TNBN Co), in conjunction with Aurora Energy, has contracted Lend Lease subsidiary Conneq to build the fibre to 2200 premises in St Helens as part of the Stage 2 Tasmanian NBN test sites.

Construction is due to occur in late July 2011.

Despite poor take-up of stage 1 trial NBN services, opt-out legislation passed by state Parliament in early 2011 will ensure greater availability of services at stage 2 and 3 sites.

The town is one of seven to trial NBN Co’s planned fibre footprint extension subsidy allowing councils or groups to pay for building fibre outside of the planned footprint.

Comments
Dr Buck & Joan Emberg
4 months, 1 week
These comments can be quite confusing. WHEN will St Helens receive the NBN? Also, we are renters at the moment. Does this have meaning as to availability?
Gabriel Barnes
3 months, 1 week
Lend lease have left our nature strip in a complete mess from the excavation. They have severed the roots of some significant trees possibly making them unstable or worse killed them. Our driveway looks more like the workings of a tin mine than a rolled gravel driveway. Not Impressed!
G Alexander
3 weeks, 3 days
Ive been conned I live in St Helen's Tas moved here because of NBB now I've been told I cannot be connected as I'm 3 mom from the centre of St Helen's. I have to put up with faulty ASDN line at telephone or less speed. If anyone can help me get Medeas Cove Road St Helen's 7216 Telstra won't return my requests and calls. The best proving to be the worst!
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