Wetherill Park and Smithfield and some parts of Fairfield and Cabramatta are among the latest suburbs to receive faster broadband services which is good news for the up to 8,000 businesses in the area looking to modernise.
But businesses are being urged not to delay the transfer of their services to the new network. That’s because the NBN will replace most of the traditional copper and cable based phone and internet services.
“All sites are being given 18 months from when the NBN becomes available to them to sign up,” said Telstra Business Centre West Sydney marketing director, Jennifer Vella.
“Unfortunately, a lot of times businesses put these letters aside or worry it’s too hard to understand.
“We have managers available who can walk businesses through the steps they need to take and help make it less overwhelming.”
Telstra Business Centre West Sydney staff can help advise what options are available to best suit your business with their many competitive NBN plans.
“While there is no great urgency, businesses need to be aware that at some point some of the services available to them will no longer work so now is a good time to sit down with one of our account managers to look at what plan is the right one for the way they do business,” Ms Vella said.
As well as delivering faster broadband speeds, the NBN will help companies change the way they do business, she said.
“There have been instances of businesses, especially in design and graphic for example, where they need to upload or send large files every day that have had to leave their premises and use an IT firm to compress and send the files on their behalf,” Ms Vella said.
“The NBN changes all of that. It makes doing business more efficient and improves productivity.”
The first step for businesses ready to join the digital era is to work out which of your services you need to transfer to the new network (alarms, EFTPOS, fax machines). A Telstra
Business Centre West Sydney staff member can then consult on the best plan available to you under the new network. They will also help prepare for the connection, Ms Vella said.
Telstra Business Centre West Sydney, which opened in 2000, has won several awards for customer service including the Telstra Business Centre of the Year 2016 for Customer Advocacy.
For more information: Telstra Business Centre West Sydney is at 164 Merrylands Road, Merrylands, phone 8868 0700, email nbn@tbcwestsydney.com.au
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Benefits of the NBN
The rollout of the new NBN technology means the existing network used to deliver internet and phone services is being replaced with superior connections. As well as faster speeds, the NBN offers businesses faster downloads, high definition video conferencing, remote working, media streaming and cloud computing.
