Couple quoted $1.2 million for NBN installed at house despite living hour and half from Melbourne

  • A couple have been quoted $1.2million to get a NBN connection to their house 
  • Alistair Stewart said their house was an hour-and-a-half from Melbourne CBD
  • The nearest connection point to house is seven kilometres, creating large fee

A couple have been quoted over a million dollars to have NBN installed at their house just kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD.

Alistair Stewart revealed he was quoted between $800,000 and $1.2 million to have the NBN connected to his house south-east of the Victorian capital.

The Australian Government owned company is currently rolling out the fibre connections to replace current broadband which will provide faster internet services.

A couple have been quoted millions of dollars to have NBN installed at their house just kilometres from Melbourne’s CBD (stock image)

Alistair Stewart revealed he was quoted between $800,000 and $1.2 million to have the NBN connected to their house south-east of the Victorian capital (stock image)

Alistair Stewart revealed he was quoted between $800,000 and $1.2 million to have the NBN connected to their house south-east of the Victorian capital (stock image)

While NBN is compulsory, Mr Stewart said the company quoted him the extensive figure because his Jam Jerrup house is seven kilometres away from the nearest connection point

While NBN is compulsory, Mr Stewart said the company quoted him the extensive figure because his Jam Jerrup house is seven kilometres away from the nearest connection point

While NBN is compulsory, Mr Stewart said the company quoted him the extensive figure because his Jam Jerrup house is seven kilometres away from the nearest connection point, ABC News reported.

‘The best way to put this is that NBN want you to shut up and live with what you’ve got. “Anything but fibre” is the motto. That’s how I feel,’ he told ABC Radio Melbourne.

‘Outrageous, absolutely outrageous.’

Mr Stewart, who is an IT consultant and often works at home, said NBN was rolled out in his area 18 months ago but he was given the ‘terrible’ and ‘inconsistent’ fixed wireless connection – not the better optic fibre connection.

An NBN spokesperson told the publication it was unrealistic to run a fibre seven kilometres for one property and the furthest they had run a wire was two kilometres.

The company said it costs about $30,000 to run a wire just a few hundred metres.

Despite claiming to offer better services, NBN was recently slammed for blaming online gamers for congestion and slow connections. 

Daily Mail Australia has contacted NBN for comment.

An NBN spokesperson told the publication it was unrealistic to run a fibre seven kilometres for one property and the furthest they had run a wire was two kilometres (stock image)

An NBN spokesperson told the publication it was unrealistic to run a fibre seven kilometres for one property and the furthest they had run a wire was two kilometres (stock image)

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