Eulomogo resident, businesswoman and academic lecturer Cath Osborne has urged her community to "jump on" fast-speed broadband.
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Her dual occupations as a swim school owner and with Monash University both required an "efficient and reliable" service.
She found both were available at her rural home outside Dubbo in the National Broadband Network (NBN) built by NBN Co.
Yesterday Mrs Osborne hosted an official launch that marked the completion of the fixed wireless component of the NBN to Dubbo's surrounds.
It will serve more than 1490 homes and businesses in 18 communities near the city.
Mrs Osborne was an enthusiastic advocate of the NBN and her chosen provider, Telstra, and said she no longer needed to travel into Dubbo for a reliable connection.
She convenes Monash University's Masters of Radiation Oncology program with students throughout Australia and Asia.
"As technology changes, it's allowed me to live in this rural setting but be involved with one of the world's leading universities," she said.
"My whole role is online, I'm online all day, every day when I'm working for them.
"The NBN has made it faster and I get more done in a shorter amount of time."
The new technology had also allowed her to tailor her swim school to a "niche market".
"Using the NBN, I assist students with stroke correction by emailing footage of them swimming and drive registrations for my company's website."
NBN Co community relations advisor Tony Gibbs encouraged homes and businesses to follow the lead of Mrs Osborne.
"(The completion of the NBN to Dubbo's surrounds) enables them to participate in the digital economy because they have a robust reliable service that people in the city have taken for granted for decades," Mr Gibbs said.
