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It depends on how many people are online at once and what they do. As a rough guide: 25 Mbps for one or two people browsing and streaming on one screen; 50 Mbps for two or three people with HD streaming and video calls; 100 Mbps for a busy household with 4K streaming, gaming or work from home; 500 Mbps and up for many devices at once and big downloads. The number in a plan’s name, such as NBN 50, is its download speed in Mbps.

Fibre to the premises (FTTP) and hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) can get every speed up to 2 Gbps. Fibre to the curb (FTTC), node (FTTN) and building (FTTB) top out at 100 Mbps. Fixed wireless goes up to 400 Mbps where its tower has been upgraded. NBN is moving many copper connections to fibre for free when the household orders a faster plan. NBN’s own address check on its website tells you which connection you have and whether you can upgrade.

No. It is the download and upload speed a provider says its customers typically get between 7pm and 11pm, the busiest hours, and every provider must publish it in each plan’s Key Facts Sheet. It is the speed we show on every plan, rather than the speed in the plan’s name. On FTTN, FTTC and FTTB, what you get also depends on your copper line, so providers often give a range.

The line to your home is. NBN Co, the government-owned company, builds and runs the network, and Telstra, Aussie Broadband, Superloop, TPG and the other providers sell plans on it. What differs between them is the price, the evening speed each one reports, the modem, setup fees and support.

Every plan we compare is month to month. The modem is where a lock-in can hide: some providers include one free, some charge up front, and some spread it over your bills for a set number of months, with the rest to pay if you leave early. Tell us whether you need one and we add it to the first year and show what leaving early would cost.

The price a month and your budget check use the price once the offer ends, since that is what you pay from then on. The first-year cost includes every discount any new customer gets, whether a cheaper month, a bill credit or free months, with a promo code named when one is needed. An offer is dropped once its sign-up date has passed. Discounts only for bundling a mobile or energy plan, or for members, are noted on the plan, not priced.

Yes. Pick two providers and each one’s cheapest plan at the same speed on your connection is set side by side: the price a month once any deal ends, the first year with setup, and a modem if you need one, the evening download and upload, and what leaving early costs. It prices on your answers, or on fibre to the premises (FTTP) until you give them.

No. We compare NBN plans on fixed lines (FTTP, HFC, FTTC, FTTN and FTTB) and NBN fixed wireless. NBN’s Sky Muster satellite plans, 4G and 5G home internet, Starlink and private fibre networks aren’t included.

NBN providers have no data feed: the Consumer Data Right for telco is paused. Plans are read from each provider’s own plan page and checked against its Critical Information Summary and Key Facts Sheet, the documents every provider must publish for every plan. Prices change often, so confirm the offer on the provider’s site before you sign up.