Neighbourhood Cable

The company owned and operated hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cable networks in three Victorian regional cities of Mildura, Ballarat and Geelong before being acquired by TransACT in 2007 and the brand ceased to be used in 2011.

It was one of the few companies in Australia selling non-Telstra local-loop services, and also one of only very few with active HFC networks.

[1] By 2001, the company had run 900 kilometres worth of hybrid fibre coaxial cable past 38,000 homes in Mildura and Ballarat, with 1500 customers, and with planned rollouts in Bendigo, Geelong, Shepparton and Albury-Wodonga.

The company was delisted from the ASX in July 2005,[3] after a string of events starting with a request for a further $5 million to continue operation.

[3] In 2007, rival telecommunications company TransACT acquired Neighbourhood Cable, effective 1 January 2008.