NBN FTTP Upgrade Preparation in Newcastle

No. Netlink documents your preferred NTD location and provides a written recommendation to the NBN-appointed technician on install day, but the final equipment placement decision remains with NBN and is subject to NBN's applicable requirements, site conditions and the assigned installation method. What Netlink does guarantee is that the customer-side pathway, conduit, Cat6 tail and GPO are ready so your preferred location is as easy to approve as possible.

Ideally at least two weeks before the scheduled install date. That gives us time to walk the property, coordinate with your electrician on the 240 V GPO, pre-install any internal conduit or draw-wire, and pre-pull the Cat6 tail — all of which is quicker and cheaper if it happens before the fibre arrives at the property.

Not for the customer-side preparation work, though your internet provider is the one who books the actual FTTP appointment. Netlink can do all of the preparation work independently — pathway, conduit, GPO coordination, Cat6 pre-pull, data outlets — before you have a plan finalised. The provider then activates the service on install day.

Because Netlink prepares the customer-side pathway rather than dictating the final placement, the technician can still install the NTD wherever site conditions and the applicable requirements allow. If a different wall is required, the pre-run Cat6 tail from your preferred router position simply connects into an Ethernet patch cord from wherever the NTD ends up landing — no wasted work.

No — the fibre lead-in from the street pit to the property boundary is carrier-side work performed by the NBN-appointed technician. Netlink handles everything downstream on the customer side once the NBN Connection Box is installed, and the pathway preparation upstream so the technician's visit is as smooth as possible.

Now. Mid-renovation is the ideal FTTP preparation window because walls, ceilings and floors are already open. Every metre of conduit and every Cat6 outlet you rough-in now costs a fraction of the same work later. Netlink attends before plaster fixing and installs the complete internal cabling scope in a single visit.

Cat6 is the default and comfortably supports gigabit speeds over the typical NTD-to-router distance in a residential property. Cat6A is worth stepping up to on runs longer than 40 m, in commercial fitouts, or on runs that pass near mains cabling, and future-proofs for 2.5 GbE and 5 GbE routers that are starting to appear.

Yes, in almost every case. The NBN Connection Box provides a standard Gigabit Ethernet port that your existing router plugs into via an Ethernet patch cord. Your provider may supply a new router as part of the plan; if not, the Cat6 tail Netlink pre-pulls means the router can live in the correct room regardless.

For a typical single-storey home with an accessible ceiling void: half a day. Two-storey homes, mid-renovation properties and homes needing new conduit paths take longer — the site walk-through is quoted first and the fixed installation price is confirmed in writing before any physical work starts.

Pricing depends on the property type (existing home, office, renovation or new build), the length and complexity of the internal pathway, whether Cat6 or Cat6A is specified, whether a draw-conduit is required, the number of data outlets, and any coordination with the electrician on GPO placement. Netlink quotes fixed prices after a site assessment — no invented fixed prices published online.