Speed test your Aussie Broadband internet

Aussie Broadband has a reputation for being a speedy, customer-friendly provider, whether you’re hunting for some of the best NBN plans, mobile broadband or you’re in an area that has access to Aussie Broadband OptiComm fibre. Like Telstra NBN, Aussie Broadband NBNcomes at a cost, but the latter provider does offer a full range of NBN speed tiers, from slowest (NBN 12) to the near-gigabit speeds of NBN 1000.

And here’s how Aussie Broadband looks in terms of an internet speed test.

The internet speed test above lets you run a few key tests on your Aussie Broadband internet connection, whether that’s for Aussie Broadband NBN, mobile broadband or OptiComm fibre. Just click on that ‘Start Speed Test’ button to get going. After 10 seconds, you’ll see a megabits-per-second (Mbps) result for your download speed.

If you’d like to see your Aussie Broadband latency and upload speed, use the ‘Show More Info’ button. After another 10-second wait, you should be greeted with a milliseconds (ms) result for latency and an Mbps value for upload speed. For Aussie Broadband NBN plans specifically, compare the download speeds to the self-reported typical evening download speeds for your plan.

For the best internet speed test results, use an Ethernet-connected computer; alternatively, use an Ethernet cable between modem or modem-router and computer for the best results. If that’s not possible, perform a WiFi speed test with a modern wireless device that’s as close to your router or modem-router as possible, ideally using the faster 5GHz band. Whichever way you test, try to perform internet speed tests at different times of the day, but while other devices aren’t downloading or uploading.

Aussie Broadband sells plans for NBN 12, NBN 25, NBN 50, NBN 100, NBN 250 and NBN 1000 speed tiers. More impressively, this provider also offers self-reported typical evening download speeds that either have parity with the max available download speeds or some of the fastest NBN plan speeds available.

Below is how the Aussie Broadband download speeds look for its NBN and OptiComm fibre plans, how many people each speed tier is meant for and the kind of online activities you can do with them:

The main caveat for Aussie Broadband’s NBN speeds is that the actual speeds for Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN) and Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) homes can only be confirmed after connection. Outside of this, Aussie Broadband offers a range of build-your-own NBN and OptiComm fibre plans, which include non-standard speed tiers 25/10Mbps, 75/20Mbps and 100/40Mbps.

Aussie Broadband is one of the fastest NBN providers in our comparison engine, so let’s look at how its standard NBN plans compare to the competition. And first up is Aussie Broadband’s NBN 12 plan:

There aren’t many providers that offer NBN 12 plans these days, and pretty much all of them have 12Mbps download speeds.

You really should consider the NBN 25 plan as true entry-level broadband, even for one or two people. Here’s a look at Aussie Broadband’s NBN 25 plan:

It’s a similar speed story to NBN 12 for NBN 25, with basically every provider in our database offering parity between max 25Mbps download speeds for this speed tier.

For Australia’s most popular speed tier—understandably so because of how versatile it is for multiple people, great plan value and solid download speeds—you can consider Aussie Broadband’s NBN 50 plan:

Once again, the trend is for providers to offer parity between max plan speeds and self-reported typical evening download speeds, so expect to see a lot of 50Mbps options in the list below.

Aussie Broadband also offers the fastest NBN speed tier that’s available to most Australian homes, NBN 100:

This is where Aussie Broadband’s pricier plans start to show their value, as only a handful of providers have plans with 100Mbps speeds. Still, it’s a great speed tier for homes with gamers or high-fidelity streamers.

For FTTP and most HFC homes, Aussie Broadband also sells NBN 250 plans, which are worth considering for homes that want faster download speeds:

As you’ll see from the plans below, Aussie Broadband offers one of the fastest NBN 250 plans in Australia care of 248Mbps self-reported typical evening download speeds.

Finally, Aussie Broadband also sells NBN 1000 plans to FTTP homes and select HFC abodes. This speed tier is intended for homes seeking no-compromise download speeds.

Aussie Broadband’s 600Mbps self-reported typical download speeds are second only to Telstra’s 700Mbps, as you’ll see in the NBN 1000 plans from our database below.

For an idea of how faster speed tiers can help make your online life easier, check out the table below (which assumes you’re downloading at the max available speed):

Note that the typical evening download speeds are taken from Aussie Broadband, while the approximate average upload speeds are taken from the latest ACCC NBN broadband performance data. We’ve used max upload speed estimates for OptiComm.