Depending if NBN is already activated in a particular location, where you may be churning a service over, services can be activated anywhere between 30 minutes to 2 hours if services are submitted during business hours. Submissions outside of those times, will be processed the following business day morning.

Provisioning - Installation/Changes/Disconnection

Location Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 5 Class 6 Class 11 Class 12 Class 13 Class 21 Class 22 Class 23 Class 24
Urban Area 16 11 3 11 3 16 11 3 16 11 11 3
Rural Area 21 16 3 16 3 21 16 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Remote Area 21 21 3 21 3 21 21 3 N/A N/A N/A N/A

The table indicates business days and also indicates the total target time required for NBN Co and Telstra activities, it does not include IAB’s SLA for raising orders. It assumes a Telstra professional installation connection. In cases of Service activation only, or a self-installation, the total target timeframes for all connection activity are one day less. All timeframes mentioned are dependant on technician availability.

Fault Restoration

For Broadband Network Service Difficulties Telstra will use reasonable endeavours to meet the Target Response and Restore Times contained in the table below

Business Impacts Restore Window Target Response Time Target Restore Time
Urban Areas 24 hours 1 hour 12 hours
Rural Areas 24 hours 1 hour 12 hours + 1 day (24 hours)
Remote Areas 24 hours 1 hour 12 hours + 2 days (48 hours)