MyRepublic Limited

MyRepublic Limited has been warned for likely breaching sections 11 and 13(b) of the Fair Trading Act 1986 for their 1Gbps Upgrade advertisements which were likely to mislead consumers about the type, standard or quality of the service being offered as the 1Gbps service was not available at the time to advertisements were displayed. MyRepublic Limited have also been warned for likely breaching section 13(b) of the Act by making representations that consumers would experience "No Peak Time Lag" and "never experience peak time latency or speed issues".

Case Details

Parties
MyRepublic Limited
Category
Consumer
Sub-category
Act/Section
Fair Trading Act 1986 13(b), 13(i)
Industry
Telecommunications
Status
Closed
Outcome
Warning letter
Case Number
Date opened
10 August 2017
Date closed
10 August 2017
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