Current W Home customers will be seamlessly transferred over to BigAir's own network for the last mile; all they should notice is the extra speed, according to Ashton.

Within the MDUs, W Home makes use of VDSL, which transmits data at speeds up to 55 Mbps over short distances using twisted pair copper wire. The shorter the copper loop, the faster the connection rate.

"The combination of our high speed wireless network connection to each MDU, with the VDSL and Ethernet distribution within the MDU, provides a low-cost, high-speed platform which will support 'triple-play' services. We will be able to deliver some of the fastest residential broadband speeds available and we can completely bypass Telstra and its legacy copper network," Ashton said in a media statement.

While the current W Home service only offers broadband Internet, BigAir intends to expand this offering in the future to include Voice over IP and Video on Demand. Ashton said that while getting the infrastructure in place is BigAir's priority at the moment, the company will look to partner with Video on Demand and IP TV companies down the track.

"The great thing about this model is that we have that aggregation into the building and we can leverage all kinds of high speed services all over our network, so we are able to generate really good margins," he said.