The Internet Industry Association has just released their latest quarterly broadband index which displays figures that show ADSL2+ prices are starting to drop in price and are better value for money over slower ADSL services. The index shows that some customers are far better off taking the 17Mbps Speed Broadband services over those with speeds of 256kpbs in the 500MB – 2GB usage limit range.
It concluded that, on a total cost of Broadband basis (ie. start up costs plus headline fees plus usage charges), Australians would have been paying between $38.95 (ultra low users at 256kbps) and $85.70 (heavy users at 17Mbps+) per month for their broadband service assuming that they picked the most economical standalone package.
Pricing used in the report was extracted directly from the ISP websites on 28th September 2007. Pricing comparisons are based on four user profiles based on hypothetical usage levels: ‘ultra low’ (200MB per month), ‘low’ (500MB per month), ‘medium’ (2GB per month) and ‘high’ (10GB per month).
Read the entire article at ITWire.com.au
