Terabyte war: Internode in plan changes

Renai LeMay
Wednesday, 25 August 2010 09:15

IT Policy - Government Tech Policy

Just weeks after Internode revamped its broadband plans, managing director Simon Hackett (pictured) has revealed the national broadband provider is again considering its options, as Australia's ISP industry continues to be shaken up by massive download quota increases.

Last week iiNet launched what it claimed was the nation's first broadband plan with a terabyte download quota '” a move soon after followed by similar plan releases from Primus and TPG. Others such as Dodo have revamped 'unlimited' plan offerings and Spin has even promised a 2TB plan '” although no pricing is as yet available and the company has not responded to an enquiry asking for more details.

'Despite having only just revised its plans a few weeks ago, Internode will indeed respond commercially to various significant changes in the marketplace,' said Hackett on the forums of broadband information site Whirlpool. This story was first broken by ITNews.com.au.

'We're currently waiting on some answers to important and relevant questions from various suppliers over the next few weeks, before we can fully determine and release our next plan revisions '¦ When we're ready, we'll just do it '” as we did with the previous round of changes.'

Hackett said Internode's response to the quota war would be 'substantial' and that the changes concerned would be 'significant'.