TRANSITION to National Broadband Network fibre-optic channels had been conducted with minimal issues at Scottsdale, a North-East Chamber of Commerce spokesman said.
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The town was last week bustling with telecommunications service crews as its residents changed from their former copper network.
North-East Chamber of Commerce president Michael-Brian Courtney runs an IT solutions business and said he had not been busy with calls in the area.
``I’m not aware of anything untoward happenings ... unfortunately, if there were more call-outs,I haven’t had them,’’ Mr Courtney said last week.
The former West Australian decided Scottsdale was perfect for his sea change because of the introduction of the NBN.
Mr Courtney said he had retained about 40 per cent of his WA clients since moving in 2011, and services them through the NBN.
``The wife gave me a set of regions where we wanted to live and then we started looking at what was available and what could benefit the business and other things we wanted to do,'' he said.
``We chose Scottsdale, it’s perfect here — we purchased here before the mill shut down, but it was win-win for me, we found the house she liked and it had the sheds I wanted.''
Telstra Tasmania area general manager Michael Patterson last week said the town’s transition phase was ``well progressed''.
A phased withdrawal of services started last week, starting with those customers who
had already connected to the NBN, or have confirmed that they did not wish to move to the NBN, Mr Patterson said.
People with an alarm system should call NBN Co on 1800 227 300 or complete the form online at www.nbnco.com.au/medicalregister.
Optus this week announced that it would bring 4G services to the north-east in the next few months.
A company media release said that its 4G services would provide superfast mobile internet speeds for customers with compatible mobile phones and tablets, and enhance the 3G customer experience.
This represented the first time Optus customers would be able to receive 4G in the north-east, the media release said.
Optus towers are to be upgraded over the next few months, causing temporary service interruptions while the essential work is being completed.