Labor says its national broadband network will deliver super-fast fibre optic cable internet access to 300,000 more premises than first thought.

Julia Gillard, campaigning in Perth, said the $43 billion network was being rolled out on time and on budget.

About half of households and businesses in the only three Tasmanian towns connected to the network have been accessing the service - a faster rate of uptake than many expected.

To read this AAP report in The Australian in full, see
www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/nbn-to-cover-93-per-cent-of-nation-more-than-originally-thought-says-alp/story-fn59niix-1225899098990