Kiama's NBN connection concerns

By John Simon, Chief Customer Officer, Nbn Co
Updated May 21 2014 - 3:44pm, first published 3:00pm

 In 1879 the telephone came to Australia. The first commercial telephone exchange began operating in New South Wales in 1881, set up in Sydney by a private company2. At that stage there were only enough subscribers to fill a single page. Telephonists were known as “hello girls” and telephone exchanges were revered as “palaces of winged words”. Its impact over the past century has been immeasurable.  

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