After months of campaigning members of a Northern NSW community have been rewarded with approval to move forward with the nbn™ network rollout in their area.

The local community in Uralba and Lynwood NSW have been living in a broadband blackspot making it difficult to do even the most basic tasks online; one resident spoke about not being able to finish an online banking transaction before it would time out due to slow internet speeds.

More than forty local supporters filled the council gallery and one couple who recently purchased a property in Uralba drove all the way up from Sydney to attend the council session in support of getting access to the nbn™ network.

Local resident, primary school teacher and mother of four, Melanie Kirkby, said more than 200 children in the Uralba area could be left without access to some vital internet services if the application was refused.

"Children as young as five are already using internet programs for their homework, which in Uralba is virtually impossible due to an overloaded, incredibly slow ADSL service," she said.

After months of campaigning members of a Northern NSW community have been rewarded with approval to move forward with the nbn™ network rollout in their area.

The local community in Uralba and Lynwood NSW have been living in a broadband blackspot making it difficult to do even the most basic tasks online; one resident spoke about not being able to finish an online banking transaction before it would time out due to slow internet speeds.

More than forty local supporters filled the council gallery and one couple who recently purchased a property in Uralba drove all the way up from Sydney to attend the council session in support of getting access to the nbn™ network.

Local resident, primary school teacher and mother of four, Melanie Kirkby, said more than 200 children in the Uralba area could be left without access to some vital internet services if the application was refused.

"Children as young as five are already using internet programs for their homework, which in Uralba is virtually impossible due to an overloaded, incredibly slow ADSL service," she said.