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NBN second stage under construction in Tas

Construction on the second phase of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has begun in Tasmania.

Construction on the second phase of the National Broadband Network (NBN) has begun in Tasmania.

Three towns on the Apple Isle last year became the first locations to be plugged into the network in its initial stage.

Deputy Tasmanian Premier Bryan Green on Thursday turned the first sod on the second stage of the NBN at Sorrell, east of Hobart.

Mr Green said that from March next year, services would be available on the super-fast fibre optic network to 11,000 homes in Triabunna, Kingston Beach, Deloraine, St Helens, George Town and South Hobart.

"Tasmania is proud to lead the nation when it comes to the rollout of the NBN," Mr Green said.

"We recognise the potential this technology has to eliminate the geographic divide between our island state and the rest of the world."

Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said Tasmania was selected for the early stages of the network because of its historically poor access to broadband.

The first stage of the NBN was beset by low take-up rates but since then the state government has changed the laws so that residents will have to opt out of the network.

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