If you've switched to the NBN, is your Internet slower than before?

Find out the one very important question you need to ask your retail provider when switching to the NBN.

"What speed am I being put on? 12/1, 25/4, 50/20, 100/40?"

"It’s Australia’s largest infrastructure project, promising to connect the majority of Australian homes to superfast broadband speeds.

Except the reality is turning out to be somewhat different.

Many new customers of the NBN are finding that having made the switch, their internet speeds are slower than before.

To get to the bottom of this, David Bevan spoke to telecommunications analyst Ian Martin this morning about why speeds are often less than they were on the copper network.

Although he is a fan of the “well-built network”, Martin says it is the cost of the bandwidth that is the real issue.

David also spoke to NBN Spokesperson Tony Brown, who revealed the one very important question you need to ask your retail provider when switching to the NBN"

Source: http://www.abc.net.au/radio/adelaide/programs/breakfast/nbn/8719358