On 14 August 2013 the ACCC released a consultation paper inviting comment on a potential program for monitoring and reporting broadband performance in Australia.
Submissions to the consultation paper closed on 13 September 2013.
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| Consultation paper on the broadband performance monitoring and reporting program ( PDF 410.07 KB | DOC 365 KB ) | 14 August 2013 |
The ACCC received 15 public submissions in response to the consultation paper.
Confidential submissions were also received from
- Telstra
- Enex TestLab
- The Institute for a Broadband-Enabled Society (IBES)
- Mill Software
- SamKnows
- Witbe.
While a number of submissions were strongly supportive of the proposal, others raised questions about the need for and benefits of a broadband performance monitoring and reporting program. The ACCC provides this open letter to expand on the ACCC’s policy objectives and to respond to some of the issues raised in submissions.
| Document title | Published date |
|---|---|
| ACCC open letter - 29 October 2013 ( PDF 235.48 KB ) | 29 October 2013 |
The ACCC will shortly be engaging further with parties who provided submissions to the consultation paper, including key industry and consumer groups, in order to progress its thinking on the need for and parameters of any monitoring and reporting program. Parties will be contacted directly if further information is required in respect of their submission.
The ACCC is aiming to release a position paper in early 2014 which would outline the proposed program specifications in the event that the ACCC decides to proceed with the program.