Perhaps we also need to also acknowledge the other ‘elephant in the room’. The RBS or Regional Broadband Scheme.
It might also be about to add a further $7.10 per month per connection to the cost of internet, subject to legislative approval?
The great mystery here is whether the $7.10 has already been built into the NBN costings. That was the claim of the Government when the legislation was first raised.
It appears to be smoke and mirrors with the politics. The NBN Co’s Financial reports, Annual reports and Corporate Plan do not contain any accounting of that amount as far as I have been able to determine. Happy to be shown where it has been allowed for or set aside. 
P.S.
It is known more officially as the regional broadband scheme or RBS.
“Once the NBN rollout is complete it is expected that NBN Co will have around 95 percent of the fixed line market, which means it will continue funding the bulk of the cost for providing broadband to regional Australia,” Fletcher said.
“Customers on NBN Co’s networks will not experience price rises as the charge is already embedded in NBN Co’s pricing.
The first presentation of the legislation by Minister for Urban Infrastructure Paul Fletcher was as one half of a pair of telecommunications bills in July 2017. It was not at the hands of the then Minister for Communications Mitch Fifield. The legislation has not been defeated, it has simply lapsed. Although the rate of the tax $7.10 was reduced from $10pm and had secured ‘in principle’ support from Labour prior to the recent election.
