Football star Mick Hancock uses NBN to deliver live virtual coaching session in Brisbane EX-Queensland and Australian league star Mick Hancock was never this quick at his playing peak. The former Brisbane Bronco travelled at the speed of light on Wednesday as he delivered a live virtual coaching session via the internet to young players at the Aspley Devils club on Brisbane's northside. The link-up kicked off the launch of the National Broadband Network in the city's suburbs. More than 500 homes in Aspley now have access to the service, with another 1700 in surrounding areas over the next few weeks. By mid-2015, some 678,000 premises across Queensland will be able to connect. While Hancock put the Under-11s through their paces via a big-screen, current Broncos star Jharal Yow Yeh was on hand at the oval to give encouragement, describing the world's first virtual coaching session as "awesome." Hanock also praised the NBN. "Australia's a big place and we have so many great players that come from regional areas," he said. The NBN will allow coaches in our capital cities to run video training sessions in remote areas they would normally not be able to get to, helping coaches to identify and train the future's regional footy heroes. Meanwhile, 98-year-old life member Kevin O'Leary, who first joined the club more than 80 years ago, watched on and said: "I've never seen anything like it. I think it's great. Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan, whose Lilley electorate will be among the first areas in the city to get NBN, said while sport showed the capability of the technology, it would also be a vital boost to business, education and health. "Nation-building projects like this make a difference in the lives of people and continue to deliver for decades," Mr Swan said. It shows we, as a nation, can grasp the opportunities for the 21st Century. The network will provide download speeds of up to 100 megabytes per second. Households will receive a letter when NBN is available in their area and can choose between a range of internet service providers and packages from $29 a month upwards.