NBN Cabling for New Homes, Renovations and Builders

Before the frame is closed up, Netlink walks the plans with the builder or owner and marks the lead-in entry point, the internal pathway from the lead-in to the preferred NBN Connection Box (NTD) wall, and the Cat6 route from the NTD to the router position. Documented on the plans so every trade knows what's happening before they get in each other's way.

Netlink recommends the Premises Connection Device (PCD) position on the external wall and the preferred internal NBN Connection Box location — usually a service cupboard, garage, study, or under-stairs comms position with 240 V power and reasonable service access. Both positions are documented for the NBN-appointed technician to review on install day.

25 mm PVC draw-conduit installed from the external PCD position through the wall cavity, across the ceiling void and down to the internal NTD wall — with a steel or polyester draw-wire pre-installed end-to-end and marked at both ends. Handles single-storey, two-storey and slab-on-ground homes where a ceiling void isn't available.

Cat6 (or Cat6A on runs over 40 m or in commercial fitouts) pre-pulled from the planned NTD wall to the preferred router position, terminated onto keystone wall plates at both ends and cable-tested. The router doesn't have to live in the same room as the NBN Connection Box — where you actually want Wi-Fi in the house is where the router should go.

Data outlets to bedrooms, home office positions, media rooms, kitchen bench, home theatre and any wall that might one day hold a TV or workstation. Cat6 is the default and comfortably supports gigabit; Cat6A is the step-up for commercial fit-outs, long runs, and future 2.5 GbE / 5 GbE / 10 GbE upgrades.

A dedicated comms position — wall-mounted enclosure or shallow floor rack — sized for the NBN Connection Box, the router, a small PoE switch for cameras and access points, and patch panels for every Cat6 tail in the home. Located near the switchboard with a dedicated 240 V GPO installed by your electrician.

Ceiling-mount or wall-mount Wi-Fi access-point positions cabled during frame stage — mid-hallway, upstairs landing, alfresco, garage. A single central router is almost never enough coverage for a two-storey or extended-footprint home; ceiling-mount access points on hardwired Cat6 give steady, roaming coverage without any of the mesh-Wi-Fi backhaul compromises.

Hardwired Cat6 to the study or dedicated home-office wall, behind wall-mount TV positions (goodbye visible cables), and to the gaming console or PC location. On new builds these outlets cost a fraction of what the same runs cost after plaster and cornice — worth roughing in even if the outlet stays capped for a year.

Cat6 pre-pulled to CCTV camera positions (eaves, gable ends, driveway, back yard), IP video-intercom at the front door and garage door, smart-lock cabling, garage-door controller, ceiling-mount Wi-Fi access points and audio-visual head-end runs to the media room. Cheap now, expensive later.

Detached buildings — attached garage with home office above, a granny flat, a rear studio or a workshop shed — need their own Cat6 or fibre link back to the main house comms cabinet. Netlink runs the sub-cable in the trench with the electrician's mains sub-main so it's protected end-to-end, with a small enclosure at the detached end.

• Fibre lead-in from the street pit to the property boundary
• Physical installation and connection of the NBN Connection Box (NTD)
• Final NTD placement decision, subject to NBN's applicable requirements, site conditions and the assigned installation method
• Booking of the FTTP appointment and activation of the service
• Any modifications to the external NBN network beyond the property boundary
• Ownership and maintenance of the carrier-side equipment and lead-in

Send us the architectural or working drawings (PDF, DWG or DXF) and any hand-drawn markups showing where you'd like TV points, home office, router, cameras and intercoms. Netlink reviews the plans and comes back with a marked-up cabling proposal — usually within a few working days.

Fixed-price quote against the marked-up plans, itemised by scope — internal conduit, Cat6 outlets, comms cabinet, Wi-Fi access-point cabling, CCTV / intercom runs, and any detached building sub-cables. If a site walk-through is required first it's called out in writing before either party commits.

Netlink attends the site during rough-in — after the frame is up, before plaster fixing — and installs the full internal cabling scope in one or two visits. Handover pack (test results, patch panel photo, outlet labelling map, marked-up as-built plan) delivered on completion.