This has gone widely off the topic but my final bit to this particular debate about speed and data.
At the data levels used the slower speeds would be taxed to provide such levels in the given time frame in a normal household usage. Speed in this case equates to the amount of data (volume) to be transferred in a given time and why it is relevant. Your usage at a slower tier is then not as relevant, as you remark mine is at a higher tier to the larger group of users on lesser tiers, to those who desire or require the higher speeds. MTM NBN has given us poor choices, poor outcomes for many, and an inability to really see what high speed and thus ability to use very large amounts of data could do for us. Maybe we would all be using the Ferrari!
If 14% of 3.7 million people are heavily using data and thus speed then this is relevant particularly when compared to how many are given only access to less than optimal speeds. FTTP and HFC are only a small part of those connected, the rest are left in a mire of luck of distance from a node, choice of service eg satellite, and quality of connection. What if they could use more but can’t, how do we measure that desire for more in terms of data used. Ans. is we can’t we just measure then some level of satisfaction.
The increasing large usage of data points to an increasing need for speed and many who cannot achieve this are perhaps like an old saying " what you’ve never had you never miss"…but as the quote from an author Tonya Hurley says " We don’t miss what we never had, but we miss terribly things we almost had". You won’t even see much innovation of products/businesses that will rely heavily on speed and data. Sure 4K streaming will come here but very few will be able to enjoy it’s viewing benefits and so a whole swag of TV sales may be limited by that lack. Trivial as it is it is just an example of what will be stifled by limited speed.
RSPs cannot provide the free gift of higher speeds as they do not control the wholesale market only NBN Co does that. Until the Govt reduces the cost to be recovered for the MTM NBN then you won’t see much change to the cost of speed tiers. MTM NBN is why you are paying so much for even basic levels of speed.
I link to a post by @Drop_Bear in a topic about selling the NBN and highly recommend reading the linked article in that post:
