02.Costs
| Average minimum monthly
cost by speed for ADSL and ADSL2 (a) |
| Speed (kbps) |
Cost
($) |
| 256 |
42 |
| 512 |
77 |
| 1500 |
93 |
| up to 2400 |
73 |
| Cable (b) |
67 |
| |
Source: www.phonechoice.com.au
| Average minimum monthly
cost by download limit (a) |
| Download limit
(GB) |
Average
monthly cost ($) |
| <1 |
38 |
| 1–5 |
52 |
| 6–10 |
72 |
| 11–20 |
81 |
| 21–50 |
91 |
| 50+ |
125 |
| |
Source: www.phonechoice.com.au
| |
Average plans comparison
(a) |
| |
Speed (kbps) |
Number of plans |
Average minimum monthly cost
($) |
Average download
limit (GB) |
| ADSL |
256
512
1024–1500 |
618
748
667
|
42
77
93 |
5
11
22 |
| ADSL2 |
2400 |
326 |
73 |
32 |
| Cable |
(b) |
50 |
67 |
14 |
| Wireless |
256
512
1024
|
26
39
77 |
41
64
92 |
3
5
6 |
| |
Table notes
(a) Includes 2551 residential plans, analysed at June 2007.
(b) No theoretical limits to cable, but variations may occur due to external factors on the internet.