INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The latest monthly progress report from NBN Co bears good news for its attempts to push customers to the network's higher speed tiers,
with an impressive increase in the uptake of 50mbps or higher plans since December last year.After altering the pricing scheme for its
different tiers in December and shifting focus primarily to the 50mbps plan by offering wholesale discounts to service providers, NBN Co has
managed to get 70% of new contract sign-ups to opt for a plan that's 50mbps or faster.While responsibility for this also falls in part to
the telcos relaying these discounts to the customer, this uptake brings the total number of NBN users on 50mbps plans or higher up to 44%,
option for a 100mbps plan.DecongestionThe other victory that NBN Co is celebrating with its latest report is the decline in congestion,
misleading in terms of the month-to-month progression.The average congestion per service, per week, has actually increased to 18 minutes
