NBN Co told to forget about recouping investment and focus on service

ACCC chair Rod Sims says NBN Co's priority must be providing customers with better products at prices they can afford

The ACCC chair, Rod Sims, says NBN Co should be prepared to sink the value of the $50bn taxpayer investment in the project if it means customers get better products at prices they can afford.

In a speech Sims will give to the ACCC and Australian Energy Regulator conference in Brisbane on Thursday, he will say that as the NBN nears completion next year the focus should be less on recouping the investment the government has made and more on how best to use the network.