Eligibility

To be eligible for the SSBI, your family must have at least one child studying in a Tasmanian school in grades Prep to Year 12 and live at a premises with no active broadband service over the NBN network.

What’s included?

  • The SSBI is to be available across all NBN technologies (Fibre, Fixed Wireless and Satellite) with a 50/20Mbps speed tier
  • A modem/router will be included.
  • NBN will install connection equipment at the student’s home
  • The internet connection will be a standard unfiltered NBN internet connection, which will need moderation of use by the student by their parent or carer
  • The student will need access to a device for use on the NBN service.  This may be a device ‘loaned’ to the student from their school where available
  • A total of 30,000 places have been made available nationwide.

Contact

Families can contact the National Referral Centre on 1800 954 610 (Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm AEDT) or by visiting www.anglicarevic.org.au/student-internet

Further information on the SSBI is available:

On This Page

  1. Eligibility
  2. What's included?
  3. Contact

In This Section

Information for families

  1. Support your child’s learning
  2. School life
  3. Get involved in your school community
  4. Help with technology
    1. Digital learning at school
    2. How to help at home
    3. Staying safe online
    4. Bring Your Own Technology (BYOT)
    5. Canvas Parent
    6. Communicating with your child’s school
    7. Australian Government School Student Broadband Initiative (SSBI)
  5. Keeping your child safe
  6. Your child’s health and wellbeing