"While 10 per cent of Australians already have access to high speeds via cable internet in metro cities, 90 per cent of Australians are on speeds from dial up to ADSL2+ with no guarantee of the actual speed they'll get," Craig said.

"Around 569,000 Australians are still on dial-up internet access... the NBN's biggest benefit will be the democratisation of high speed internet access."

The report claimed that some 55 per cent of Australians are still connected to plans with speeds less than 8Mbps.

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