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I have been through this as both the landlord and chairman of an OC.
NBN installation is a mess! The technicians who come to do the final installation or just contractors who have no association with NBN or the service provider. They do the best they can.
To break this down.
Your landlord under the new tenants regulations has to provide you with basic amenities. ie power,water, phone. If the phones are going to be disconnected then it’s his problem , or it will be in a few months time when the phones are disconnected. Somehow you have to convince him that he needs to get involved. What happens if you leave? A new tenant comes along and they discover that there is no phone or internet service. Bad news for the landlord.
If your building has cable TV then thats good news. It means that there is a terminal strip somewhere in the building. Probably in the roof cavity.
With any luck there will be a diagram of the installation in the room where the phone lines terminate (the mdf room or board) . You may need the SM to provide a key to access this room.
In a three story walk up building there will be a man hole. Usually located in the top landing of the stairwell. If not it could be in one of the top floor lots. You may need the SM to find it.
(BTW installation of NBN is covered by the Telecommunications Act which gives the technician unlimited access to any part of the building).
If you have a cable TV connection in your place (look where the TV antenna cable is) then its a simple matter for the technician to install a small device ate the termination strip and you have NBN.
If you do not have a cable TV connection, then the technician will run a cable to your lot. If its down the wall cavity then no OC approval is required. If it need to be run in a conduit outside then OC approval would be required.
Its in no ones interest to block installation of NBN. Its now a necessity of life and owners or strata that done have NBN connected would be devaluing their properties
Good luck.
Persistence will pay off.