NBN a lifesaver during work from home pandemic but bandwidth boost in crisis set to end, warns NBN Co boss Stephen Rue

While the economy has taken a battering during the pandemic, the often-maligned National Broadband Network is an unexpected winner with many Australians soaking up high speed internet to work from home and educate their children. 

The NBN boosted broadband capacity by 40 percent in the early days of the crisis to deal with the unprecedented demand. 

But the NBN Co's chief executive Stephen Rue tells ABC's Peter Ryan the emergency measure was never meant to be open-ended and is set to end midway through next month.