The ACCC has made a case for the ‘broadband tax’ on NBN-equivalent services to be expanded to 4G and 5G fixed wireless, after years of resistance to lobbying by NBN Co. Known as the regional broadband scheme (RBS), it is an $8.26 monthly levy on NBN-like services that ultimately goes to NBN Co to fund its “loss-making non-commercial fixed wireless and satellite services.”
