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Aussie Broadband NBN 50/100 Tiers Unlimited $79-$99pm (No Home Phone)

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As with my TPG post, this post is more suited for existing customers and those currently looking for NBN plans. Obviously each provider has varied pricing with some much cheaper than others, it really depends on your needs and your mileage based on the services available in your area. The main appeal of Aussie Broadband at the moment is their advertised typical evening speeds for an unlimited service. Other things to consider when picking a service provider may include their international routing/backhaul, customer service, price, contractual/setup fees, profitability and longevity of a provider and whether they prioritise/shape certain traffic (net neutrality).


50/20 Unlimited $79
100/40 Unlimited $99

As of post:

Advertised NBN 50 Tier Typical evening speed: 45mbps
Advertised NBN 100 Tier Typical evening speed: 90mbps

Existing customers will be auto-upgraded.

No Lock In Contract
No Excess Data Charges
Australian-based Support
Fast, Easy Setup
Congestion-Free Network
Australian Owned

The two new unlimited plans will sit alongside our more customizable slider plans, where customers can choose flexible data limits up to 900GB. Our former 1 to 3TB plans (100 and 50 speeds) have now been replaced by the cheaper unlimited. Customers on these 1 to 3TB plans will be automatically migrated to the cheaper unlimited plans in the next week or so (or can do it sooner if you schedule your own change).

This does not affect any other existing plans at 900GB or less. Customers can choose to switch if they want, or they can stay on their current plan. Some of the prices of the 50/20 and 100/40 plan sliders have reduced and you will automatically receive this new price from your next billing month.

NBN 50 Tier CIS

NBN 100 Tier CIS

Works quite nicely with the targeted loyalty bonus credit offer

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Excellent point by Daemonseed666:

Also note, there is a stop-sell on many 'populated' POI's. If this is you, it does not offer unlimited until they are upgraded.

If impacted, you can check when your upgrade is scheduled: https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/upgradeschedule/

Valuable Warning by ReviewAndGiveaway:

The password you use on sign up also comes in the welcome pack email in FULL TXT and is the password for the modem they ship you. This suggests that ABB general staff may become aware of your password without the need to, therefore it's recommended you sign up with a disposable/temporary password.

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    • +2

      I was with Amaysim on the 100/40… left them due to a whopping 6mbps on most weekend nights..

      Now with Aussie.. much better speeds especially when using a VPN.

      I'm not worried about them going unlimited

      • Are you on HFC?

        • FTTN.. Max sync rate 80/30
          With aussie I get 80 pretty much anytime of day or night

    • What speeds do you consistently get during peak times though?

      • I'm on a 100/40 fibre plan.

        I basically get full speed. There is no difference between peak and off-peak at all. Around 95-96Mbps all day.

    • im sure they have an equally impressive network too!

    • +4

      Lol. “Grand Hyatt are expensive. The local motel offer rooms for $50/night”.

      • +3

        To be fair, most OzB'ers would take the local motel.

    • 79 vs 70, one you can be pretty sure about enough CVC being there, versus only god knows how Amaysim deals with their CVC loads

  • I'm currently on a FTTN NBN 100 plan and my speed test is 68 Mbps. Can anyone give me a idea on what my speed would be if I drop down to a NBN 50 plan? Would it halve my speed or would I get close to the full 50 Mbps?

    • +9

      You will get full 50 Mbps

      • That's not possible due to overheads and security.
        He will sync at max speeds (mid-50's down and low-20's up), which will deliver internet speeds of high-40's down and high-teens up.
        You will never, ever get the full quoted speed.

        • k pro

          I meant he will sync at full 50Mbps speed

  • +1

    I was going to go with these blokes for ADSL2 but they wanted to charge $30 extra for a phone line, I'll switch when my area gets NBN tbh.

    • -2

      Is the phone line really that important to have?

      • +5

        It is if you want adsl

      • yea, you need a phone line for ADSL to work as it runs through the same line. NBN you don't.

        • They don't do naked ADSL?

        • +1

          Oh, sorry slipped my mind. I'm young and have only dealt with NBN so don't have much knowledge about ADSL

        • Not in my area apparently.

        • @jkerrigan: Nothing slipped your mind, you don't need a phone line to have ADSL.

    • Did you want the phone line added for free or are you saying $30 is too expensive?

      • would rather have it thrown in tbh, $30 for a phone line is bs

    • +1

      Just to note - Yes $30 for a phone line is BS, However, you can thank Telstra for that.
      To use a Telstra copper phone line you need a $30 phone active on it before you can order an ADSL service on it - completely out of ABB's hands and something that everyone has dealt with for quite some time before the NBN came along as a data-only service.

      (edit: I think the wholesale price for the line from Telstra is like $25 inc GST, plus some calls included, plus profit for the company having to deal with the line, etc.. If you can find a cheaper price you're not going to save much)

      • I had a feeling telstra would be behind it. Worst business in Australia, idk how they still make their $ tbh.

        I've been with telstra for 2 months now and had multiple drop outs, modem died, delays with service being activated, service down for 8 days and useless tech support.

        they haven't responded to my latest complaint made a week ago lol, (profanity) telstra they are scumbags

  • Fair Use Policy is very broad:

    It is unreasonable use of Aussie Broadband Services where Your use of Aussie Broadband Service is reasonably considered by Aussie Broadband to be fraudulent or to adversely affect the Aussie Broadband Network or other Aussie Broadband customers’ use of or access to a Aussie Broadband Service or the Aussie Broadband Network.

    Effectively if your traffic causes congestion, Aussie Broadband have the right to kick you from the network. I wonder how they will determine that? Top 10% of users on unlimited plans?

    • They'll probably boot anyone who uses more than their largest data blocks (3tb) per month. Which to be fair, is a hell of a lot of data.

      • +1

        If you max out your connection you'd be able to download 33 terabytes a month. So 10% of the full capacity.

      • +5

        How is that fair?

        Unlimited is unlimited, if you can't offer real unlimited, don't sell it.

        • There is no way possible that RSPs can offer unlimited and have customers use it at current pricing. CVC = $8/Mbps, so at 100Mbps = $800 on top you need to add AVC, RSP back haul (including international links), operating expenses and possibly some profit.

        • +2

          @mathew42:

          This is not true.

          I am with TPG, I get 100mbit download speeds, and 38-39mbit upload speeds 24/7.

          I would download and upload more then everyone here.

        • @samfisher5986: TPG are relying on the fact that most of their customer's behaviour isn't like yours.

          The NNBCo wholesale pricing is publicly available which means you can easily calculate the max the RSP is paying and hence the minimum contention ratio using the formula:
          Max CVC spend = (10/11 * Retail Price) - AVC
          Max Mbps = Max CVC spend / $8

        • @mathew42:

          Actually, all ISP's rely on the fact that customers behavior isn't like mine.

          There is no ISP in Australia that purchases enough bandwidth for even half of their customers to use their connection at its maximum at one time.

          All you need to do is choose an ISP that purchases enough bandwidth that you aren't slowed down.

        • @samfisher5986:

          Actually, all ISP's rely on the fact that customers behavior isn't like mine.

          I'd prefer an RSP with data quotas so you aren't on the same RSP as me.

          All you need to do is choose an ISP that purchases enough bandwidth that you aren't slowed down.

          The problem with unlimited plans is that individuals such as yourself migrate to RSPs providing reasonable performance thrash the network and move on to the next RSP. It has been like this since the days of ADSL unlimited plans.

        • @mathew42:

          Well Aussie BB has unlimited now…

          There is nothing stopping me from switching to them, not that I need to, TPG have served me well in the past 3 years.

        • @mathew42:

          They don't pay $8 for CVC, its bundled into the bundles. $8 is for additional CVC beyond that contained within the bundle.

        • @Viper8: Expensive CVC was Labor's best NBN decision because it guaranteed revenue growth for NBNCo.

          The bundled CVC is insufficient to support heavy downloaders. At best it could be considered a discount on the AVC price. Unlimited plans make it harder to provide faster plans. NBNCo has no incentive because it costs more in network hardware and RSPs have no incentive because they face the ire of ACCC for not delivering the full speed.

          LNP win because market shows that demand for faster speeds doesn't exist.

    • I will be more concern with whether this applies to the plans with quotas.

      Other ISPs with unlimited plan will throttle customers on plans with quotas for "unreasonable" use along with those on unlimited plan…

      Although I have much confidence in their customer support, heard nothing but praises, but I am weary that unlimited plan may introduce quality degradation.

      • Other ISPs with unlimited plan will throttle customers on plans with quotas for "unreasonable" use along with those on unlimited plan…

        Do you have evidence of this? It sounds more like congestion.

  • Does it make sense to pay more $$$ if you've FTTP as they seem slightly expensive than TPG/Dodo etc. Can one have the same speed issues experienced by FTTN users?

    • +1

      Can one have the same speed issues experienced by FTTN users?

      Depends, if its based on local hardware congestion or the copper line issue, then the RSP isn't going to make any difference

  • +1

    Soooo good, just scheduled it now ($0) myself. Only thing is don't let the 'unlimited' plan put extra stress on your network and keep the excellent service / speed up!

  • Buzz Telco is offering 100/40 tier for $69 a month. Been with them for a few weeks now. No problem at all.

  • +1

    have been with aussie since last october. Had the 100mbps plan with 1tb(only for first 6 months). speeds were always excellent never saw it drop mid 90's. Sadly my 6 months increased data offer expired so currently on the 50mbps with 1tb. speeds are still excellent (Living in the melb cbd though)

    • Hey, have you found 50/20 to be suffice? Considering dropping off my current 100/40 (500GB) to the 50/20 (Unlimited).

      • yeh i haven't even noticed a speed difference at all even though i now average high 40's . Download speeds are still the same and haven't noticed any buffering issues with netflix. There is only 2 people in my household though so If you have more people it may be worth staying on the 100mb plan

  • Has the IPv6 bug been fixed yet?

    • Still no IPv6 :(

  • damn it! moving into Chaddy and they have no NBN at the moment - don't know what to do. Probably jump on'mate'

  • Been mostly happy with abb so far, I pay for 100/40 and get those speeds consistently. Only issue was the first router they sent me was sort of faulty I think, the 5ghz channel would drop about 4-5 times a day. I would have to physically walk to the router and press the reset switch (routers not in my room) I called them up and they said it was an NBN issue and that NBN was fixng it, second time they said it was a router firmware issue and that NetComm was fixing it soon. Nothing happened until the router actually DIED on me. Would not power on anymore. I was hesitant to get them to send me another of the same router, because I was under the impression that it was indeed a firmware issue. Anyway I get the new router (same NetComm router) and it has been fine ever since, no drops

  • In the market of looking for NBN but is there any way to check out performance by region? I'm based in Marrickville, but all i know is that my nearest POI is in Newtown.

    edit: Checked the availability on their website and its still being constructed :( were gonna be using HFC and i saw that the speeds for 150/100 and 250/100 will only be accessible for FTTP connections. Guess i gotta use my cable which is good enough so far.

  • Where Is the TPG im on skymesh atm but wanting unlimited so looking at tpg iinet and Aussie broadband maybe

  • Due to NBN Co’s new permanent prices.

    Aussie Broadband is set to make its first unlimited quota play after NBN Co agreed to make its permanent new price construct available from May 1.

    Managing director Phil Britt said the new wholesale price construct announced last year - where both NBN50 and NBN100 plans come bundled with a base amount of CVC bandwidth - had passed a private consultation phase with industry….

    https://www.itnews.com.au/news/aussie-broadbands-about-turn-…

  • Is it available in opticomm network?

    • No, NBN only

  • Wasn’t long ago that comments here was, if you want congestion go to a unlimited provider, Aussie has limits to stop heavy downloaders and ensures good speeds, I wonder if that’s changed.

    • They still do and also have a fair use policy. They maintain that the POI's don't get oversubscribed.

      • All ISP's have those policies.

        • +3

          No they don't.

          No one else was denying customers if the POI gets above 80% capacity.

        • @Pacify:

          Oh wow didn’t know that was their policy, can you link it?

        • @Pacify:

          Thats not what I said.

          I said all ISP's have fair use policies.

          most ISP's try tom ake sure their POI's aren't oversubscribed.

          But the biggest point that you fail to see is that Aussie BB are just guessing everything.

          They aren't buying bandwidth so 80% of their 100mbit customers can use 100mbit 24/7.

          They are doing what every other ISP are doing and assuming for example only 20% will use it at once.

          Aussie BB literally only has one difference to other ISP's.

          If for some reason they run out of capacity and a new customer signs up, they will refuse them (which I'm unsure if they actually need to do this)

          Any other good ISP, including TPG will allow you to sign up and have capacity increased where needed, but this is not instant.

          Honestly the whole denying customers thing is just marketing.

        • @samfisher5986:

          They maintain that the POI's don't get oversubscribed.

          You literally said that. ??????????????????

          Honestly the whole denying customers thing is just marketing.

          Wrong. Its anything but. Other RSPs until recently simply haven't really cared about maintaining proper CVC. They simply get as many customers as they can, than increase the CVC once it becomes untenable.

          Maybe go back and do some research for yourself, your assumptions are wrong.

          I've been on ABB since they built their own POI (like a year now?). I've used a few RSPs before that and every one had congestion at peak time. ABB on the other hand I've never seen any congestion.

          Their policies worked. TPG has a significant % of their customer base suffering congestion, that is undeniable

        • @Pacify:

          Thanks for the marketing link, I was asking for a link to their policies. Something other than marketing spin to the media.

          Many can say whatever they want, I even read that TPG has the most consistent NBN speeds of the major telcos( written by the age too, fairly independent of TPG, not like your link which is written on ABB blog).

          I’m not with TPG, I’m with Exetel, and got my parents on spintel. I’m just trying to help people save money(this is Ozbargain after all) by directing them to services that provide better value for little noticeable difference for the masses. ABB is undeniably expensive plans, I think that’s the only point one can make no debate about

        • @Pacify:

          Here’s the link to the news story, I read it first on the age, but also found it here.

          TPG’s offering was the fastest, giving customers 90.7 per cent of their maximum download speed during the busy evening period – 7pm to 11pm.

          https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/tech/2018/03/30/nbn-speeds-p…

          I also note, that this should dismiss your claim most of TPG customers get congestion, sure some do, but again, when you have a million customers there always something that goes wrong and they complain.

        • @Pacify:

          You are making huge assumptions yourself.

          You are with ABB and have had a good experience

          I'm with TPG and have had a good experience.

          ABB now has unlimited plans.

  • +3

    im genuinely curious - what do you guys do to use over 1tb of data a month? We use netflix, SBS, youtube, maybe download movies etc - and get only 500gb / month IF its Xmas or a very long holiday break when everyone is at home (3users). Always wondered how its possible to hit 1tb

    • +2

      Downloading games - some are 70gb
      4K streaming

      • 4k i get - how many games can u download..haha

        • +2

          Even patches for some games are unreasonably large these days. I've been prompted to download 30GB patches for PS4 games even. Games like FFXV make things worse when they're packing in 4K resolution textures.

          Then things like binge-watching 4K content don't help either.

        • @skittlebrau: FFXV in 4K is 155GB.

    • We had a relative house sit for 10 days (online uni student) and they consumed over 300GB in 10 days doing nothing but streaming Netflix…
      That's 1TB/m right there from a single person watching 1080p content.
      Now sure that's a bit extreme, but if you add multiple heavy streamers into the mix (family), and you can easily surpass 1TB.
      If its 4k then 3TB isn't that far fetched at all…

      BTW its not just game downloads, but online games (and operating systems) have frequent updates which are often several GB in size, and a household may have many devices requiring these frequent updates.

  • +5

    ABB = what internode used to be back in the Simon Hackett days.

    • debatable, I believe Telecube is

      In saying that, Hackett is a top bloke. He personally helped me get my ADSL1 provisioned 16yrs ago when I got rejected 3 times when applying for Internode but somehow got accepted with Bigpond. Bigpond provisioned my ADSL1 for free then churned to Internode with Simon's help which saved me $150 initial setup fee :D

      • +2

        Just FYI your experience was quite normal.

        Bigpond owned the ports, so once they started to run out they would reject other companies and only accept bigpond signups.

        • +2

          It was also illegal aswell.

      • +1

        No, at this stage, I think the comparison to ABB is more valid ie. infrastructure, customer support, transparency, a highly visible and interactive MD.

  • I’ve not tried other ISP, can’t really compare, but my HFC NBN has short down time every once two weeks or so, they always say it’s localized NBN problem, so not much they can do, it’s annoying, other than that their speed is pretty good.

    • You’re paying the highest premium service and getting downtime? May as well give a cheaper isp like iiNet a crack, u probably won’t get any worse service but will save decent bucks.

      • might consider other non contract isp, but no to iinet, sister was with them for adsl and it’s slow like dialup.

  • Unlimited means not unmetered right?

    • no

  • +4

    I don't know about this. AussieBB has been an excellent provider BECAUSE they didn't offer unlimited (on the cheap).

  • We luv U AussieBB

  • They're great in many respects, but our service in Ocean Reef has become less than impressive come international data, initial ping, and particularly bad for gaming as of late. Back to routing through a virtual machine hosted by Internode or OVH for me. Is anybody else experiencing this sort of issue?

  • What sort of speeds are HFC users getting?

    • I'm on HFC. Speeds have been great, but international latency and speeds have been degraded in WA lately for me. National bandwidth is snappy and almost always 98mb/s to the Perth speed test locations.

  • Nothing wrong with TPG in my experience, the best ISP might depend on your local area.

    news.supernews.com=1.1 GB
    Downloaded in 1 min 58 seconds at an average of 9.8 MB/s

    • I was getting 11.8MB/s on Steam downloads when i was on the ABB 100/40 plan.(FTTP) I'm presently on the 50/20 plan though as i rarely ever needed that kind of speed. ABB have been great.

      • -1

        Steam uses Australian servers which isn't a good indicator.

        The speed I posted is from an American Usenet provider.

      • What's the maximum speed you get now on the 50/20 plan?

        • 5.6, 5.7 ish, downloading torrents.

    • TPG is just a lottery. No shortage of people that experienced bad congestion

      • When you have a customer base as big as a small country it’s probably reasonable to assume you will get feedback covering the spectrum. Look at apple for instance, many say they have the best customer service, but there’s no shortage of complaints. Law of large numbers is hard to break.

        • TPG is known to be very fluid with their CVC purchases.

          Nothing about the size of their customer base, they simply don't have a CVC system that is up to par. Some POIs are fine, others can fall to dangerously low levels. Whether your POI is good or not is just luck.

          Plus their service is generally pretty terrible.

          Their unlimited 100/40 is 90. You save 9$ a month, for shit service and unreliable service. Whether thats worth it is personal preference

        • @Pacify:

          I've found their customer service to be better then any other ISP. Have you tried their direct email? you can get in contact with an experienced tech very quickly.

          Never used Aussie BB though.

        • @samfisher5986:

          One happy customer does not counter TPG's reputation from the last 10 years

        • @Pacify:

          I’m pretty sure for someone who uses the phrase “no shortage of customers who…” I could end that with satisfied with tpg customer service.

          Again, law of large numbers helps my statement. But you don’t believe in such thing. So meh

        • @Pacify:

          TPG has had many happy customers over the last 10 years.

          They are also a gigantic company so comparing what you read online without factoring in customer amounts is pointless.

  • I'm with Aussie, on HFC, in Brisbane in the Carina area on the CampHill exchange.
    I am on the 100/40 500gb and my phone speedtests were 95+ at 9am over Easter. I've also had some ~95 results in the evenings. However I did have a slow night on the 29th March with speeds between 40 and 65 most of the evening. I occasionally see some congestion like that, but not too frequently that I think I should run a speedtest to confirm my suspicions. I made add a script to my Raspberry pi or the router and do regular checks.

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