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Price a month at 500 Mbps, once any intro deal ends
$99
Fast Fibre · new customers: $79 a month for 6 months
$99
Premium nbn Internet Only · new customers: $69 a month for 6 months

Both charge $99 a month at 500 Mbps.

The speeds both sell on this connection; each side is its cheapest plan at the speed
Aussie BroadbandFast Fibre
TelstraPremium nbn Internet Only
Price a month
once any intro deal ends
Fast Fibre
Premium nbn Internet Only
Intro deal
any new customer gets
$79 a month for 6 months
Sign up by 15 Nov
$69 a month for 6 months
Sign up by 2 Nov
The first year
with the intro deal and setup, on your own modem
then $1,188 a year
then $1,188 a year
$60 less · Lower first-year cost
Evening download
typical, 7–11pm, as the provider publishes it
500 Mbps
500 Mbps
Evening upload
typical, 7–11pm
44 Mbps
4 Mbps faster · Faster evening upload
40 Mbps
Setup fee
None
None
The provider’s modem
$231 up front
$360 up front
Telstra Smart Modem
Leaving early with its modem
the most you’d pay for it
Nothing
Nothing
Bring your own modem
Yes
Yes
Plans at 500 Mbps
on FTTP
2
2
Speeds on this connection
25 Mbps, 50 Mbps, 250 Mbps, 500 Mbps, 750 Mbps, 1 Gbps, 2 Gbps
25 Mbps, 50 Mbps, 500 Mbps, 750 Mbps, 1 Gbps
Connections served
FTTP, HFC, FTTC, FTTN, FTTB or fixed wireless
FTTP, HFC, FTTC, FTTN, FTTB or fixed wireless
Contract
Month to month
Month to month
Price changes on record
to plans on this connection
None
None

Every plan at 500 Mbps on fibre to the premises (FTTP)

Aussie Broadband
  • Fast FibreCompared above500/44 Mbps in the evening · $79 a month for 6 months$99a month
  • Turbofast Pro500/178 Mbps in the evening$136a month
Telstra
  • Premium nbn Internet OnlyCompared above500/40 Mbps in the evening · $69 a month for 6 months$99a month
  • Premium nbn500/40 Mbps in the evening · $79 a month for 6 months$113a month

Price a month at 500 Mbps, over time

Each side's cheapest plan at 500 Mbps today, by week since BankMate began tracking it. An intro deal isn't drawn: the price is what the plan costs once any deal ends.

$Week of27 Sep4 OctNow
Fast FibreAussie Broadband
Premium nbn Internet OnlyTelstra

Each cell is the price a month at the end of the week, darker is lower; hatched: not tracked yet. ▲ ▼ the week a price moved. Tap a cell for what happened then.

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As of 14 October 2026, on full fibre at 500 Mbps, Aussie Broadband's cheapest plan is $99 a month and Telstra's $99, once any intro deal ends. Aussie Broadband sells 16 NBN plans tracked by BankMate and Telstra 20; every one is month to month. Plans as each provider publishes them, last checked 4 October 2026. Each row says which figure is lower or higher; it doesn't say which provider suits you.

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