Stephen Conroy (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I am pleased to inform the Senate that the price of Optus's 25-megabit stand-alone broadband plan is exactly what it is charging today for its broadband over the copper network. In fact, if customers choose to bundle services, the 12-megabit entry-level NBN product from Optus can be had for under $40 a month. I wait with bated breath to see exactly whether Mr Fletcher will attack Optus for being too expensive or too cheap, because he cannot make up his mind. He cannot make up his mind; it is just embarrassing, but it typifies the approach taken by those opposite. We now have multiple retail service providers competing, for the first time, on a level playing field. (Time expired)