Bell Bay

Postcode
7253
Location
41°7′S 146°52′E
Bell Bay
Bell Bay
Photo: Mike Gee
About Bell Bay

Bell Bay, on the shores of the Tamar River, is heavy industrial zone and deep-water port.

It hosts the Bell Bay Power Station and the Rio Tinto Aluminium smelter. It is also the site of a proposed pulp mill by Gunns Limited.

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.

Bell Bay NBN Deployment

Bell Bay, on the shores of the Tamar River, is a heavy industrial zone and deep-water port. It hosts the Bell Bay Power Station and the Rio Tinto Aluminium smelter. It is also the site of a proposed pulp mill by Gunns Limited.

The area is part of the George Town council area and lies just south of the designated fibre rollout area part of the Stage 2 NBN rollout in Tasmania.

Though the area is already served by fibre for corporate purposes, following arguments around the extent of fibre rollout in the area, particularly around Bell Bay and Tamar, NBN Co confirmed to George Town council that the national fibre rollout would extent to Bell Bay and nearby Low Head.

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.

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