[LINK] Only 4,000 homes hooked up to NBN

[David Boxall]

On 3/01/2012 10:15 PM, Ash Nallawalla wrote:
> I can only use my past thinking to contemplate whether I'd sign up or not --
> the cost and data allocation. ...
If it's any help, the general experience seems to be that retail 
providers offer slightly more for slightly less on the NBN. For example, 
my current plan is 1GB peak plus 4GB offpeak at the satellite's maximum 
speed for $48.95 per month 
<http://www.skymesh.net.au/plans/satellite.php>. Under the NBN, they 
offer 3GB peak plus 3GB offpeak at the same speed for $44.95 per month 
<http://www.skymesh.net.au/plans/nbnsat.php>. That's satellite, of 
course, landline is a different kettle of fish.

In Tasmania, reported landline speeds are sometimes orders of magnitude 
higher on NBN, download caps slightly higher and costs slightly lower.

Generalisation and oversimplification admittedly, but that's my general 
impression.

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