The Australian Broadband Guarantee (ABG) was an Australian Government
initiative designed to help residential and small business premises access
high-quality broadband services regardless of where they were located. The
program targeted premises unable to access commercial metro-comparable
services, particularly those living in remote parts of Australia.
Under the ABG, a metro-comparable broadband service was defined as any service
that offered a minimum 512 kilobits per second download and 128 kilobits per
second upload data speed, with three gigabytes per month data usage at a total
cost of $2500 GST inclusive over three years (including installation and
connection fees).