this bugs the crap out of me as well... though I pay 99.95 a month for 100/40 plus a static IP.
Actually inet7 in der Schweiz offers 25000 as their standard fibre package. Hardware for this is prohibitively expensive for most but it's great that they are pushing for more adoption by allowing those on a plan to speed up if they want to
We likely also would have had approximately the same reasonably priced symmetric speeds if Abbott had not aborted the FttP rollout at 5%.
Turnbull also helped to butcher the original FttP NBN horrendously and they spent 400% more than FttP would have cost, to get the much slower network we got lumped with...
i.e the munted results of Murdoch protectionism and "stick it up the opposition" bully Abbott politics.
1 USD = 1.55 AUD. All other numbers below are Mbps.
I pay 99 AUD per month for 250 down, 25 up.
If I want 1000 down, 50 up, it's 149 AUD per month.
If I want 1000 down, 400 up, it's 329 AUD per month.
If I want 1000 symmetrical, well I haven't even bothered to check because that's a business service.
Meanwhile I believe people in Zurich can get 10000 down/up for approximately what I pay for 250/25.
Of course, Australia is much larger than Switzerland by area, but that's no excuse for such slow speeds in Sydney. I would much prefer 1G or 10G symmetrical even if it was shaped down once leaving Sydney or Australia.