Entry level broadband and the digital divide

This report analyses the ACCC's increasing focus on the availability and affordability of entry-level NBN plans. With wholesale price increases of $2.45pm for Home Basic 1 and $2.24pm for Home Basic 2 effective from July 2024, regulators are concerned that RSPs may be withdrawing low-speed tiers or misrepresenting their capabilities to push consumers toward more expensive high-speed plans. The brief evaluates Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) as a market alternative and discusses policy options like consumer vouchers to bridge the widening digital divide.