Senator Stephen Conroy has slammed Opposition leader Tony Abbott’s comments that National Broadband Network (NBN) services could cost consumers more than current ADSL plans, saying Abbott was “plain wrong” “and that he should “check his facts.”

The minister for broadband, communications and the digital economy said in a statement that Abbott had misled the public in his speech to Parliament by saying that NBN services could be three times higher than what they currently pay for existing ADSL plans.