Dates to watch
What is due to change, and when. Many of these dates are targets and can move, as the satellite timeline already has.
- By December 2026NBN Co expects about 95,000 of the remaining FTTN premises to be eligible for fibre.
- 31 March 2027FTTN customers no longer need a high-speed plan to get full fibre.
- Around mid-2027Eligible Sky Muster customers begin moving to NBN's low Earth orbit service.
- July 2027First notices go out under the Targeted Upgrade program.
- 1 December 2027The outdoor mobile obligation is due to start, unless the minister defers it.
- January 2028Earliest copper suspensions where no fibre order has been placed.
- 2028Formal approval of Wi-Fi 8 is targeted. NBN Co has committed to run Sky Muster until at least this year.
- December 2030More than 99 per cent of remaining FTTN premises are due to have a fibre upgrade path.