Around two-thirds of areas previously marked as Construction Commenced have been removed from the official NBN coverage maps, leaving those areas in limbo. Ready for Service dates have been revoked for more than 500,000 premises which had previously been told exactly when they would be able to connect to the NBN fibre network. These premises fall within reach of a Fibre Serving Area Module almost ready for service, but it's now uncertain whether fibre will run all the way to their door or whether they'll instead rely on copper phone lines and fibre-to-the-node (FTTN) to connect back to the Fibre Serving Area Module.

Updated NBN rollout map.

For now the NBN is simply marked as "not currently available" everywhere outside the new Service Available and Build Commenced areas. The new maps recommend that people "keep checking the website for updates and more information", but the government has also removed documents detailing the progress of the rollout.

From now on monthly Ready for Service lists and other key details will only be available via the NBN Co sales portal, which isn't open to the public. Instead the government will issue a weekly progress report indicating the overall number of premises passed, premises serviceable and services activated. These national figures will not breakdown the rollout to specific locations. The figures no longer include areas where construction has "commenced", as Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull says they "do not necessarily provide a meaningful indicator of progress".