THREE-FIFTHS OF NBN USERS NOW ON HIGHER SPEED PLANS: ACCC

摘要

The ACCC said NBN residential connections rose by 8.5% in the March quarter, up from 4.8 million at the end of December 2018. More than three million were on services of 50Mbps or above, indicating that the take-up of these plans had grown substantially following the introduction of discount offers and wholesale bundled products by NBN Co. But there were still a million consumers on the entry-level 12Mbps speed at the end of March, though this fell by 200,000 in the previous six months. “Although the number of consumers on these plans has dropped, they still account for a significant number of NBN users,” ACCC chair Rod Sims said. “We would be concerned if the options to acquire entry-level plans declined, either through availability or higher prices. “Indeed, we continue to have concerns about the impact of NBN pricing changes on affordability of entry level plans for those consumers who only require a basic service.” Connectivity Virtual Circuit, the NBN bandwidth acquired by retail service providers to provide data to their customers, increased slightly on a per user basis during the quarter, from 1.65Mbps to 1.67Mbps.