Prime Minister Julia Gillard today launched the Stage Two roll out of the NBN at Kingston Beach in Tasmania.
The NBN will deliver speeds of up to 100 Megabits per second to the 950 houses at Kingston Beach within 12 months.
The Stage Two roll out in Tasmania will employ 146 workers to take the NBN past 11,150 homes and businesses, including in Sorell, Deloraine, Triabunna, as well as Kingston Beach.
The roll out will allow Tasmanians to take advantage of the next generation of economic development in Australia, including health, education, entertainment, business and environmental management.
The Stage Three roll out will extend to a further 90,000 homes and businesses in Burnie, Devonport, Launceston and Hobart, employing around 800 workers at its peak.
Construction will begin at sites in Hobart, Launceston and Somerset over the next 12 months and further work will take place at Kingston over this period.
Almost 4,000 homes in Tasmania are able to get access to the NBN fibre network and almost 800 services are in operation, delivering high-speed broadband to more than 660 premises.
The NBN is available to nearly 14,000 premises on the mainland and more than 650 trial users are already connected.