A survey on The Leader’s social media pages also revealed that a small majority of those people are happy with the new service, although figures, from the NBN Co, that revealed one in four customers are unhappy with the service, is equally reflected locally.

While areas in Moore Creek, Oxley Vale, North Tamworth, East and parts of the CBD are already NBN capable, the remainder of the city and surrounding areas are expected to be “completed by the second quarter of next year,” according to local NBN spokesperson Lynette Keep.

“Currently there are more than 8,300 premises in the Tamworth area now ready for service on NBN’s fixed line service. There are nearly 1500 activated premises, and another 1900 pending,” Ms Keep said.

Users that have Fibre To The Premises technology, as is required in all new developments, are unsurprisingly, having fewer issues with the service, while also enjoying speeds up to five times faster, although local realtor Gavin Knee said that is not yet reflected in the market.

The Burke and Smyth principal said that while there is a lot more people asking about NBN at the point of building or buying than there was 10 years ago, premises that have FTTP technology “are not getting a premium.”

“There has not been a great call for it, although certainly when we are relocating businesses or building commercial or industrial offices we are looking to put much more fibre into the buildings,” Mr Knee said.

The NBN has been labelled Australia’s greatest infrastructure disaster this week, with even Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull admitting that in hindsight, “the project was a mistake" and a "massive waste of money".

Meanwhile the NBN Co boss Bill Morrow has all but issued a plea for help to the government, asking for protection from competitors using 4G and 5G technology.