New SA sites announced as NBN Co says its in final stage talks with SA contractor

MORE than 60,000 South Australian homes will be connected to the national broadband network by mid-2013, but delays mean the state will remain well behind the rest of the nation. 
 
NBN Co announced yesterday that Stirling, Aldinga Beach, Strathalbyn, Yankalilla, Port Augusta and Port Elliot will be connected between October next year and August 2013.

Modbury, Prospect, Seaford and McLaren Vale have already been announced as locations to be connected in the same time frame.

But NBN Co is yet to hire a builder to complete the work, which it estimates will connect 63,700 premises.

NBN Co says it is "in advanced negotiations" with a building contractor for SA and the Northern Territory.  Full Read