Australia’s best NBN plans by speed

It’s easy to believe that every NBN plan and provider is the same as they sell access to the same network. Despite the usual speed levels, performance varies from provider to provider, especially during rush hour.

Best NBN Plans: Not All Speeds Are Created Equal

While we all connect to the same NBN, the ways in which providers buy capacity on the network means and will vary from Telstra to TPG, for example. This is particularly noticeable at peak times, e.g. B. when everyone tries to binge Netflix at the same time. When everyone tries to see again Communityyou can end up with a digital traffic jam.

Thanks to the ACCC, ISPs have figured out what speed you can realistically expect during peak hours – not just the speed level your plan is based on. Fortunately, there are quite a few vendors out there who do an excellent job of consistently delivering the speeds their customers are paying for.

We’ll go through the providers in order of fastest evening speeds for NBN 100 plans, but in some cases one provider may not be best in class for all speed levels. For example, Superloop currently has a major provider’s fastest plan, but iiNet has a faster 50 plan.

Best Telstra NBN plans

Telstra now takes the top spot when it comes to evening speeds and is reportedly touting for congestion-free plans. It reports 100 Mbps for NBN 100 plans, 50 Mbps for NBN 50 plans, and 25 Mbps for NBN 25 plans. That’s the maximum potential speed of any plan across the board, which may make Telstra’s premium pricing a little more palatable.

Telstra now also offers 250 and 1000 plans, but the speed specifications for these are a bit more conservative. The telecommunications company reports 215 Mbit / s at peak times for 250 plans and 250 Mbit / s for 1000 plans. These are pretty standard for these speed levels.

NBN 250 plans are only available to FTTP customers and 70% of HFC customers. NBN 100 plans are only available to FTTP customers and 7% of HFC customers. NBN Co hopes all HFC customers can sign up for an NBN 250 plan by June 2021.

Superloop

In terms of sheer numbers, Superloop is one of the fastest NBN providers out there. It reports typical evening speeds of 90 Mbit / s on its 100 plans, which puts it in second place alongside Optus and SpinTel.

In addition to the speed, Superloop is characterized by the fact that it has much of the infrastructure that many other providers usually rent. Each NBN provider sells access to the same network, but that network only connects you to your provider.

After that, your provider will be responsible for connecting the rest of the internet to you. This is known as “backhaul”. Superloop has its own backhaul, so they say that even their NBN home plans are business class.

Superloop reports evening speeds of 44.4 Mbit / s with 50 plans and 22.2 Mbit / s with 25 plans.

Superloop is part of the growing club of providers offering speeds of NBN 100. It reports typical evening speeds of 215 Mbit / s in its NBN 250 plan and 250 Mbit / s in its NBN 1000 plan. It’s worth noting that Superloop’s NBN 1000 plan allows for 3TB. If you exceed this limit, you will be limited to speeds of 100Mbps. However, other providers offer unlimited NBN 1000 tariffs.

Optus

While Optus’ evening speeds used to be a bit more in the middle of the road, peak performance is now reported. According to Telecommunications, customers can expect 90 Mbit / s with NBN 100 plans and 45 Mbit / s with NBN 50 plans.

Optus recently added NBN 250 and NBN 1000 plans to its list as well, reporting the standard evening speeds of 215 Mbps and 250 Mbps for these, respectively.

SpinTel

SpinTel is another telecommunications company that has recently climbed the charts and has reported significantly higher speeds than before on all three levels.

You are now seeing 90 Mbps in an NBN 100 plan, 45 Mbps in an NBN 50 plan, and 21 Mbps in an NBN 25 plan. Given that SpinTel tends to be a little cheaper when it comes to competition, it certainly makes telecommunications a little more enticing.

Best Aussie Broadband NBN Plans

Aussie Broadband has to be one of the most popular NBN providers, and it’s easy to see why. The telecommunications company seems proud of making sure customers aren’t overloaded and backs this up with bandwidth graphs that show how much capacity it has on the NBN and how much is being used.

Aussie Broadband reports evening speeds of 89 Mbit / s with 100 plans, 43 Mbit / s with 50 plans and 22 Mbit / s with 25 plans. You’ll also find a rather unusual NBN 75 speed level in which Aussie reports typical evening speeds of 66Mbps.

Aussie Broadband is one of the growing group of vendors selling plans faster than NBN 100 and currently has the fastest 250 plans with typical evening speeds of 222 Mbps.

Aussie Broadband is not a typical evening speed for its NBN 1000, but has previously suggested typical evening speeds of 250Mbps. It hopes to provide a more accurate measurement after enough real-world data is gathered.

Internode

Internode is another solid performer when it comes to NBN 100 and NBN 50 plans. It reports typical evening speeds of 85 Mbit / s or 45 Mbit / s. The NBN 25 plans are a little slower than they should be for the speed tier, measuring 16.4 Mbps at peak times. Ideally, you want at least 20Mbps.

iiNet

Recently, iiNet has managed to improve its evening speed game lately and get some spots on the speed list. In fact, iiNet now has the second fastest NBN 50 plan of all major providers and reports typical evening speeds of 46.7 Mbit / s. That’s just shy of Telstra, but a bit cheaper.

Typical evening speeds of 83.6 Mbit / s for 100 plans and 21.3 Mbit / s for 25 plans are also reported.

Mandarine

Tangerine is a new NBN provider but has already gained over 40,000 subscribers. This is partly due to heavily discounted prices in the first six months and a 14-day risk-free trial.

It certainly doesn’t hurt that Tangerine does a solid job when it comes to evening speeds. The telecommunications company reports 83 Mbit / s for 100 plans, 42 Mbit / s for 50 plans and 21 Mbit / s for 25 plans.

MATE

MATE is also a solid performer, reporting evening speeds of 83Mbps on 100 plans, 42Mbps on 50 plans, 19Mbps on 25 plans, and 10Mbps on 12 plans.

If you’re looking for an NBN tariff that’s free from special offers, MATE is usually one of the cheapest providers. Plus, all of the MATE NBN plans save you $ 10 per month by bundling them with one of the mobile provider’s SIM-only plans. MATE’s cellular plans start at $ 20 per month for 5GB and are powered by the Telstra network.

MyRepublic

MyRepublic does well when it comes to evening speeds. Customers can expect typical evening speeds of 83 Mbit / s with 100 plans and 43 Mbit / s with 50 plans. Stay away from MyRepublic25 plans, however, as it only claims peak hourly speeds of 15Mbps.

MyRepublic also has an NBN 250 plan and reports typical evening speeds of 150Mbps. This is a bit slower than most of the other NBN 250 plans, but also cheaper.

PRI

iPrimus isn’t the fastest provider, but it’s still fine. Typical evening speeds of 82 Mbit / s for NBN 100 plans, 41 Mbit / s for NBN 50 plans and 20 Mbit / s for NBN 25 plans are given. Not spectacular, but not bad either.

TPG

TPG’s evening speeds have changed somewhat over time. Evening speeds of almost 90 Mbit / s were once reported for 100 plans, which dropped to just under 80 Mbit / s. It then shot up to 85 Mbit / s and is now back to 80.1 Mbit / s. What a roller coaster. If you are looking for consistent NBN 100 performance, TPG may not be your best choice.

However, TPG reports the third fastest typical evening speeds of all major providers with 50 plans and a speed of 46 Mbit / s. That’s just shy of the 46.7 Mbit / s advertised by Stablemate iiNet.

Customers with TPG NBN 12 plans can expect evening speeds of 11.2 Mbit / s, and customers with 25 plans expect 22.3 Mbit / s.

Best Vodafone NBN plans

Vodafone’s evening speeds have recently dropped. You can expect typical evening speeds of 80 Mbit / s with 100 plans, 40 Mbit / s with 50 plans, and 20 Mbit / s with 25 plans.

Vodafone’s NBN plans are a bit more expensive, but you can earn a discount by bundling one with other Vodafone services. Vodafone gives a 5% discount on your total monthly bill for any plan you have after your first, up to a maximum of 20%. This is important when you have the whole family on Vodafone.

Kogan Internet

Kogan Internet is literally Vodafone NBN by a different name. You don’t get an option for a modem with 4G backup and you don’t get a bundling discount, but you get a slightly cheaper rate.

Unsurprisingly, Kogan Vodafone reports identical speeds. 80 Mbit / s with 100 plans, 40 Mbit / s with 50 plans and 20 Mbit / s with 25 plans.

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Alex Choros is Managing Editor at WhistleOut, Australia’s telephone and internet comparison website.

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