IiNet undercuts rivals with retail NBN prices

ISP iiNet has revealed it will offer Terabyte plans on the National Broadband Network at a base downlink speed of 12 Mbps for $79.95 a month.The internet service provider has boiled its consumer NBN products down to three basic plans, all at 12/1 Mbps.All three came with the option to buy a ‘Turbo pack’ to get faster speeds.iiNet offered a basic 12/1 Mbps plan with 40 GB of data split into peak and off-peak usage and charged at $49.95 a month. Users could pay an extra $5 a month to bump the speed to 25/5 Mbps.The at once step up was a $59.95 a month product with 200 GB quota. For $15 a month extra, users could step up to 50/20 Mbps speeds.The top-of-the-range product offered a Terabyte of data for $79.95 a month. For $20 a month extra, users could get the full 100/40 Mbps product.VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services cost an extra $9.95 a month. Once quota was breached speeds were shaped to 256 Kbps.The peak period was between 8am and 2am the following day.

The business plans offered a static IP address

The business plans offered a static IP address, on-site hardware troubleshooting, 20 email addresses and shaping at 512Kbps once a business reached their quota.

However, Dalby hinted that the provider would introduce premium business plans with greater upload capability at potentially higher speeds in coming weeks.

NBN Co was but to introduce wholesale products exactly catered to businesses even though iiNet hoped to offer tailored services including a voice-only product.