When will AU gigabit broadband take off? Gigabit Value Tracker
As Australia's NBN marks completion in mid-2020, NBN is releasing new Gigabit pricing (May 2020). This dataset tracks NBN retail pricing and compares with global gigabit pricing especially from Australia's Top Ten Trading Partners.
Analysis includes comparing gigabit pricing to ARPU (average monthly pricing for an ISP) to see if there is a trigger price, which accelerates takeoff (eg 10-25%) of Gigabit services.
For instance, in 2018, China gigabit prices are 10X ARPU.
Changelog:
v6. Added graph showing selected countries, 2020 and 2024, inc AU NBN and non-NBN.
v5; adding new 10Gbps plans in Singapore. (Aug '24)
v3; now with over 40 data lines. Latest CNNIC China gigabit report; Dec 22, indicating 611M subscribers enjoying access to gigabit. (Jul '23)
v2; Now with 20 data points including US, South Korea (SK), Thailand, NZ, and first AU data points. Two info points on EU Gigabit 2025 strategy and South Korea usage.
v1; 10 data points
This dataset will track prices, users and ARPU by ISP/country.
Top 10 Trading Partners include:
TH - Thailand
CN - China
SK - South Korea
SI - Singapore
JP - Japan
NZ - New Zealand
UK - United Kingdom
DE - Germany
US - United States
IN - India
(per OEC.world)
Link: UK gigabit prices Apr 22 - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/e/2PACX-1vTbAAhBN_XMhi4fRlTD2ognsQTdpFGbxk4w2EbxZOJwGhcuzASnXf1KXiRprSVuQNMrEjn2Slulmc4t/pubhtml
Link: UK gigabit prices Nov 23 - https://www.ispreview.co.uk/isp_list/ISP_List_Gigabit_Broadband.php?orderBy=ufbb_download_average_speed+DESC (GBP35 - 80); about 30 providers
China reports 611M gigiabit users Jun 22) up from 64M (Dec 20) - CNNIC Report Dec 22, p.13 - @valuemgmt Tweet 16.12.22 (link below). NB: read previously as 61M and 6.4M. Update: while these numbers are what China reports, these appear to be typos. Likely 61.1M gigabit users rather than 611M users. See graph linked in Tweet below.
