The government-owned wholesale broadband provider has been taken to task by the competition regulator for giving TransACT customers a bum steer.
The prices of the top-three fastest providers on the NBN Standard Plus tier range from $70-$80 a month – that’s the benchmark for a high-performing deal on the second-fastest tier.
A new report from the consumer watchdog has found internet performance suffered as restrictions forced people to stay at home.
Telstra blames clumsy construction workers for widespread internet outage in Box Hill and Mont Albert that is making working,studying from home more difficult.
NBN Co boss Stephen Rue says the company will take its time to decide how to best use the extra $4.1 billion raised from the markets as third quarter revenue ticks over $2.8 billion.
NBN Co has taken a step towards eventual privatisation,with a first massive raising in private long-term debt markets.
The government-owned company now has extra funding to play with after the $51 billion rollout is completed this year.
NBN Co has released figures that show the state's data consumption over the network has skyrocketed since social distancing measures were put in place.
A centrepiece of the package aims to connect vulnerable households currently without internet so children can study online.
Pentanet managing director Stephen Cornish said whereas previously peak usage hit in the evenings they were seeing an even spread of increases throughout the day.
Following similar moves in Europe,Netflix Australia will reduce the bandwidth consumption of its streaming service in a bid to reduce NBN congestion.