NBN Co has announced the fixed wireless rollout in the Northern Territory is complete and homes and businesses across eight areas can now sign up and connect to high-speed broadband.

Fixed wireless is now live in parts of Berry Springs, Darwin River, Fly Creek North, Lambells Lagoon, Livingstone South, Noonamah East, Southport and Wagait Beach.

NBN’s fixed wireless network is designed to offer wholesale speeds of up to 12Mbps for downloads and 1Mbps for uploads, with plans to increase these speeds to 25Mbps for downloads and 5Mbps for uploads from June 2013.

“Today’s announcement is tremendous news for people living in these areas, many of which have little or no access to high-speed broadband, or those confined to a limited service, such as dial-up or broadband over the mobile network,” says NBN Co external relations general manager Trent Williams.

“People who connect will enjoy faster speeds, meaning having the family all online at once will be argument free, allowing you to send and receive large emails, participate in video conferencing, stream lectures smoothly and download a movie in minutes or a music album in seconds.

“These are just some of the benefits that could be enjoyed and for a price less than you’d think. You could even save on fixed phone line rentals by bundling your internet, phone or other services together.

“Over the next few days people living in these areas will soon receive a letter from us which sets out how easy it is to get connected – all you need to do is contact your preferred phone or internet service provider to switch to the NBN.

So people who switch to the NBN now will soon have access to fast internet at speeds people in the city take for granted.