Optus 5G Home Internet Vs nbn HFC

ozgameboy on 17/01/2024 - 16:56
Last edited 17/01/2024 - 19:54 by 2 other users

Have anyone here experienced Optus 5G Home Internet?

I currently have Optus NBN Broadband and sale guys offer me 5G Home internet which he claimed to be better that the NBN.

I have 5 people in my house. Lots of devices that use Wi-Fi and I wonder if anyone here have the 5G Nokia Modem, how does it compare to standard Optus NBN modem?

Thanks

Updated:

Tested in my house
Download : +300
Upload : +20

Understand this might fluctuate however given I tested at 7pm which is peak hour. I definitely see this work better than my nbn.

I currently paying $84/m unlimited data at 50/20 nbn plan with Optus modem gen2

The guy offered my $79/m unlimited data 5G with free Nokia modem.

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Comments

  • scrimshaw on 17/01/2024 - 17:00
    +2

    sale guys offer me 5G Home internet which he claimed to be better that the NBN.

    Better than what form of NBN? The sales guy hasn't really explained that bit, looks like they are just eager to push sales and not consider what connection type is better for you.

    nbn uses different types of technologies

    If you have fiber to the home, then FTTH is always going to be superior to 5G, but if you have HFC, Fixed Wireless or FTTN then "maybe" 5G could be better but that is also dependant on a lot of factors like cell reception, weather, signal attenuation / network congestion and networking hardware.

  • Xetrok on 17/01/2024 - 17:03

    See if anyone has an optus 5g service, do a speedtest and compare the results (latency and throughput).
    If that meets or exceeds what your max NBN plan can achieve then you can consider it.
    5g is very hit and miss - a different set of variables, but you could get a 250/30 connection on 5g vs a 100/20 on NBN.

    You could also get 50/10 on 5g.. or even substantially worse.

    • ozgameboy on 17/01/2024 - 17:13

      I have Optus 5G mobile plan, I did a speed test near its head office (macquarie park) and speed is super fast. 400+ download and 100+ upload.

      Need to do again when I got home to test my area

  • Lentiki on 17/01/2024 - 17:15

    We have 5G Optus. Brilliant!! Leaves our neighbors still on NBN for dust. Parents have woeful reception from NBN, tried Optus 5G, which was really no better. It depends on the area, type of NBN, etc.

  • jv on 17/01/2024 - 17:20
    +1

    he claimed to be better that the NBN

    🤣🤣🤣

  • Gdsamp on 17/01/2024 - 17:25

    first thing to check would be if you have Optus 5G coverage in your area.

  • GordonD on 17/01/2024 - 17:39

    NBN = low to medium speed + high data volume + high price
    5G = high speed + low data volume + medium price
    4G = medium speed + low data volume + low price

    Its a matter of what's important to you.

    5G suits me because I don't want to pay a lot because I don't use much data, and 5G's high speed still isn't expensive.

    But with a household of 5 all using a lot of data you probably need NBN for the data volume. Especially if you want good latency. You all can share the cost between you.

    • vodamerc on 17/01/2024 - 18:26

      NBN = low to medium speed

      What?

      • Chaddy on 24/01/2024 - 18:40

        Yeah NBN speeds on HFC are fine, you can order up to 1000Mbps /1GBPS on HFC so all is good. Only issue is with congestion within some parts of the HFC network but that is fixed quite quickly and generally lcalised.

  • ol mate on 17/01/2024 - 18:30

    I can't completely help with my experience, but I had TPG Home 5G.

    Was paying $65/month and getting 120/15 average with 29 pings. Not a gamer, so wasn't fussed by pings. The max I got on a speed test was 192/17 in South Brisbane (didn't have access to NBN - unfortunately a Telstra/Opticomm Velocity area - otherwise would've just saved $10/month and lived with 50/20)

    NB: This was on TPG's "Premium 100/20" plan (which is supposed to be capped at 100).

  • CrazyBargainCatcher on 17/01/2024 - 20:02

    Optus Home 5G, used to get 900 Down 100 Up for $65/mth. Now with more people on, they raised the price to $75/mth for existing contract customers and only getting 600/50 now. Still unbeatable value considering reliability is 1000s of times better than the NBN.

  • SteveBuscemi on 17/01/2024 - 20:04

    The answer is "it depends". No one here can really comment on the particular quality and sustained reliablity of the cellular reception in your area, nor the dogs breakfast Turnbull MTM NBN.

    But HFC NBN is capable of much more than the 50/20 connection you are paying for; 250/25 and 400/50 and 1000/50 could all be an option depending on your specific connection. The latter of which would comfortably run rings around Optus 5G in all but price unless you happen to live next to the cell tower. If you switched to Superloop or Launtel you could be paying $79/mo for 250Mbps and $99 for 1Gbps for the first 6mo.

    The standard rates for Optus 5G are $79/mo for their 100Mbps capped plan (typical speed 87/15) and $99/mo for uncapped (typical speed 240/20; these are Optus's advertised numbers.). That's much slower, but if you top out at 100/40, only want to pay for a 50Mbps connection, or are in a atypically strong area, quite competitive. There is way more variability in 5G speeds than NBN speeds, but it can be quite cost effective.

    Typically they discount the $99/mo to $89/mo for the first six months; did you get a further discount or did they offer you the cheaper/slower product?

    How Optus get you is that if you leave at any point within 3 years they'll charge you $16 for each remaining month for the Optus 5G modem which, in my mind, is exortion, and will only let you cancel unpunished if your speeds are under 50Mbps.

    • ozgameboy on 17/01/2024 - 20:29

      Thanks for detailed information mate. They offer me the mid tier plan which is capped at 100Mbps download speed. Its 79/m without discount.

      One thing that I not sure is that I have Optus 5G Sim in my phone. I did speed test from my area and it went up to 300+Mbps download. I went to Optus website and it said mobile 5G is capped at 100Mpbs as well. How did I get 300+?

      Im with you at the point which I must payout the remaining modem cost if I leave. Only caveat that got me sign up with Optus modem is the 4G back up when nbn is down.

      • Chaddy on 24/01/2024 - 18:45

        The mobile Sims are not speed limited unlike their mobile home broadband offering, if its limited to 100Mbps just go with HFC, as you can order 250 Mbps plans or even 1000Mbps handy if you have multiple users. Also NBN is cheaper then 5G through most providers.

  • tonyhawksbargains on 23/01/2024 - 11:01

    im fortunate to where i live ~200m from a 5G tower in a house.

    speeds next to modem ~600down on top plan. however i have a mercusys mesh network plugged through it for longer range (15m and through walls) and i get ~200 down and around 30ms ping. fine for gaming, play plenty of cod and forza on it. plenty of gaming and streaming through it and little to no effect. 5 people in house.

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