We’re up to speed, now it’s price

With most Australians being locked down for significant periods in 2020, there has perhaps been an unexpected bright spot in a difficult year – the performance of the National Broadband Network.

I won’t lie; it feels a bit unusual saying those words out loud, but after years of underperformance the NBN delivered in a time of need. While millions of people were living under lockdown conditions, working from home and home-schooling, our reliance on the NBN to deliver fast and reliable broadband skyrocketed. And, thankfully, congestion-free NBN was one thing people didn’t have to worry about.

It’s taken a long time to get to this point, but congestion-free NBN represents more than just faster speeds –