The Department of Communications and the Arts has revealed that the National Broadband Network’s (NBN) Sky Muster satellite will be delivering 50 per cent more peak data and twice as much off-peak data as it was expected to from October.
The improvement was welcomed by the Minister for Communications and the Arts, Senator Mitch Fifield who said he and the Minister for Regional Communications, Senator Fiona Nash had raised the question of Sky Muster data with the Board of NBN at a meeting some months ago.
Senator Fifield said he and Senator Nash had learned that Sky Muster would not be supplying enough data allowance for some customers, particularly for businesses, and they had asked the Board to find ways to do better.
"We're so pleased to be delivering more data to Sky Muster users," Senator Nash said.
50% increase by October
“For the first time, we expect customers to be able to purchase plans of more than 100 gigabytes a month of peak data,” she said.
"This increase in data is a great first step and there's more on the way, including plans created for businesses.”
Senator Fifield said the Statement of Expectations for NBN Co included that it explore upgrades to all the technologies used in the rollout.
“It is very pleasing to see that NBN Co has bought forward this upgrade to Sky Muster in line with this expectation," Senator Fifield said.
“An extra 35 gigabytes of peak data would allow, for example, a business to do 50 more hours of high definition videoconferencing with colleagues and clients, or a student to do 25 more hours of watching university lectures each month, or a photographer to send an extra 3500 pictures a month.”
The Ministers said that while NBN Co would be providing the extra data at no extra cost to its retailers, it would be up to the retailers to decide whether they would charge for it or not.
Source: http://www.psnews.com.au/aps/558/news/satellite-data-for-nbn-set-to-soar