Nova: National Broadband Plan to hit current services

Tens of thousands of consumers could be left in the lurch without their existing internet services during the rollout of the National Broadband Plan, the Government has been warned.

Nova Broadband chief executive and founder Dave McDonald said while he welcomed the plan which aims to deliver high-speed broadband to 900,000 homes and business, it could spell trouble for consumers in the short-term.

As the plan rolls out and eats into wireless internet providers’ customer bases, many could go out of business, leaving customers in other parts of the country stranded without the service they currently utilise.