"Having the option and the choice now that it's there, that is exciting,'' he said.

"I'm going to wait and see whether other businesses start to adopt it and how it starts to provide them with the benefits.''

An informal survey of small and micro-businesses in Gungahlin suggested Mr Roses' situation is typical.

Of around 30 businesses contacted, none had signed up to the NBN.

NBNCo could nominate only one - a commercial photographer - that was connected.

While thousands of households there are signing up, giving Gungahlin the fastest take-up rate in the nation, business people appear to be more wary, not wanting to spend more unless there are discernible benefits in faster internet access.

Mr Roses, a director of Luton Properties and auctioneer of the year in 2010 and again last year, can see the potential for improved communication with international clients.

"It is important for us to really be able to connect to our clients in more effective and efficient ways,'' he said.

"Last week, a buyer flew down from China to see a property that I was marketing in O'Malley.

"They noticed it online and flew down for the day.''

Mr Roses said his company had not received much information about connecting to the NBN.

"From memory someone came in and dropped a pamphlet off. It would be nice just to know what the benefits are,'' he said.