The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) continues to bust communications providers whose plans aren’t described clearly. Today it announced a $13,200 fine for TPG over terms associated with its offering of ‘free’ VOIP calls for broadband customers.
The ACCC doesn’t take kindly to ISPs offering “unlimited” deals and not explaining the details. The regulator has already won one battle with Optus over that kind of behaviour, and now it has launched a similar investigation against TPG.
TPG has dropped the price on its unlimited broadband plan from $75 to $59.95, which a quick glance at our Planhacker Unlimited broadband guide suggests makes it a very competitive deal. It’s not available nation-wide, but if you can get it and use a lot of data it’s definitely worth adding to your shortlist. [TPG via OzBargain]
First iiNet offered a 1TB plan, then iPrimus responded with a 1.1TB deal, prompting us to speculate about a “battle of the terabyte caps”. That seems to be happening, with TPG also entering the fray.
