The first 500 homes and businesses have been connected to the National Broadband Network (NBN), with over 1700 to be connected in the coming weeks.

Construction has already commenced on rolling out the NBN to 135,000 Queensland homes and businesses, with construction set to be commenced or complete for 678,000 premises in the state by mid-2015.

"It's not just faster speeds but what they can enable that makes the NBN such an exciting prospect for people in Aspley and Brisbane as a whole," NBN Co Lead Community Account Manager Darren Rudd said.

"People can work from home like they would from the office; get all the family online at once and stream TV over the internet really smoothly.* 

"Just as importantly, services over the NBN fibre network are available at a price less than you might think and offer superfast speeds," he said.