Townsville was one of the first areas to get NBN, so I jumped at the chance to have it installed for free.
Seems there are heaps of issues getting the wire installed, as many of the existing conduits are blocked or the existing copper wire is too thick to get the new one through without ripping it out first and then there are no guarantees. The NBN guys took quite a while struggling to get it through, and said it was pretty common. In the event that they couldn't do it, I would have been put on a 3 month waiting list. Plus, insight into the intended roll-out plans suggested that the older areas on the other side of the river would not get a look in for at least 3 years.
In the meantime, change of Government means changed priorities and policies. Now we literally are two speed.
As it turned out, with some encouragement, the NBN technicians persevered, and got it connected. I honestly couldn't tell the difference at first in speed etc, but believe the main difference is realised in download quota and cost.