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1 Month Free Telstra 5G Home Internet ($85 Per Month after) with 1TB Data Per Month (Select Areas Only) @ Telstra

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1 Month Free Telstra 5G Home Internet ($85 Per Month after) with 1TB Data Per Month (Select Areas Only) @ Telstra
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rake on 04/11/2021 - 12:16 telstra.com.au (9779 clicks)
Last edited 10/11/2021 - 18:37 by 1 other user

Telstra has introduced new 5G home internet plans

$85 pm. 1TB Data limit
Minimum term - 1month
1st month free
Modem is included for new customers who stay connected for 24 months. If you cancel before 24 months you must return the modem in good working order

Advertised speeds:
378Mbps avg download speed (typical speed range 50Mbps - 600Mbps)
46Mbps typical upload speed (range 10Mbps - 90Mbps)

We're offering 1TB of data per month on our 5G Home Internet plan. You won't be charged if you go over your data allowance, but you will be slowed to 25Mbps. You can check your usage anytime on the My Telstra app. We'll let you know when you've hit 50, 85 and 100% of your data.

If you cancel your plan in the first 24 months your modem must be returned via our eParcel service (we will provide details in an email or SMS to you once you cancel) in good working order within 21 days of cancellation or modem fee will apply. Modem fee calculated as $29 x number of months remaining in the first 24 months.

Select areas and eligible customers only. Limited number of services available per post code.

Does not include a home phone

CIS - > https://www.telstra.com.au/help/critical-information-summari…

Update on 10th Nov:
There is a pop up on the page now explaining why some addresses are not eligible

Why can’t I get 5G Home Internet yet?
Telstra 5G Home Internet may not yet be in your area.
You may be in a 5G coverage area, but your address may not be getting the minimum download speed of 50Mbps required for 5G Home Internet to work.
The good news is we’re expanding our 5G home internet capacity all the time, so please check your address again soon.

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    • AssociatedONEMariachi @ Telstra on 04/11/2021 - 12:49
      +1

      Fair point, from our internal communciations it did say they were limiting numbers per postcode though. Take that as you will

      • sunnyc on 04/11/2021 - 12:54
        +1

        Good

      • worthy1 on 04/11/2021 - 13:01

        When i am putting up with crappy FTTN drop outs and degradation here in Canberra i take that in a not so happy way.

  • shiny1 on 04/11/2021 - 12:19

    How important is line of sight to tower for home set ups?

    • futaris on 04/11/2021 - 12:21

      You can always add external antennas or stick the modem near line of sight.

      But with all things RF, the better the signal / noise, the more information that gets through.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon%E2%80%93Hartley_theore…

      (better signal, faster speed, essentially)

    • Junnyjun on 04/11/2021 - 12:24

      Line of sight is more for mmwave 5g

      • spiinl on 04/11/2021 - 13:02
        +2

        Not just. If modem behind wall, it will degrade the signal

    • easternculture on 04/11/2021 - 13:39
      +29

      you dont have to worry if your fully vaccinated.
      your body will boost the signal

    • grog on 04/11/2021 - 15:06

      Very Bloody important

    • opt on 04/11/2021 - 16:18

      You don’t need line of sight for sub 6 5G which is what pretty much everyone out of the CBD areas have. But of course, lesser the obstructions better your speeds will be.

  • [Deactivated] on 04/11/2021 - 12:21
    -8

    1TB per month I wouldn't even bother lol.

    • ryanhunt on 04/11/2021 - 12:23
      +30

      Unless you're torrenting, this is probably more than enough for most households. I was previously on the 500gb plan with Optus 4G and it was just enough for Netflix and regular web browsing (no gaming, no torrenting on that connection).

      • SirFlibbled on 04/11/2021 - 13:16
        +1

        Gaming and Streaming video does it for us. Between me and the wife we use about 1.4TB. I could probably live on 1TB if I needed to be frugal though.

        • onlinepred on 04/11/2021 - 13:29
          +14

          Wow, you guys must barely move from the couch!!!!

          • BusMan247 on 04/11/2021 - 13:52
            +1

            @onlinepred: Yeah me and wife have busy lives but we always wind down with a few episodes before bed. Kids always watch tv. I do some light gaming. Unless I’ve downloaded a bug game we barely hit 250gb and we have so many devices we are always using. Both wfh zoom all day etc.. 1.4TB is impressive use.

          • SirFlibbled on 05/11/2021 - 07:45

            @onlinepred: About 2 hours a day at the most or either TV or gaming (although when my wife goes into addicted mode she might do 4 hours a night of a game). Just when winding down after dinner we will either watch something or game. But I work from home and will often just be streaming stuff in the background (mostly terrible reality because you don't need to watch it properly) while I work.

            Weekends, I probably will game about 6 hours and will often stream stuff while gaming too.

            Our house has multiple consoles (doubles in different locations) and we buy digital games only. Downloads and updates really add up. Like I discovered AC Valhalla had DLC the other day on sale, so bought it, redownloading it was over 100GB. It just adds up quickly.

            • onlinepred on 05/11/2021 - 09:40

              @SirFlibbled: Yea very heavy tv use, very heavy gaming, and work from home. Makes sense. Digital consoles makes sense too as not really into saving money, more choosing convenience.

      • Smigit on 04/11/2021 - 13:48
        +3

        The 25Mbit throttles not that bad either and you could do HD streaming over that still even if you hit the 1TB limit. Netflix suggests around 5mbit per HD stream, although 4k they want 25Mbit which might be pushed if you have other network activity.

        For gaming, outside of downloading games themselves, I’d be more worried about latency over cellular.

      • FrugalSplack on 04/11/2021 - 16:40
        +2

        I'm on that 500 GB plan… how the hell is that considered not enough for anyone here? We're a family of four, three of us watch Netflix constantly, two of us do gaming, I do a fair bit of torrenting… I could see wanting a bit more than 500 but I find it very hard to believe that 500 wouldn't be enough for the majority of Australian households.

        • Smigit on 05/11/2021 - 10:17

          When games can be 100GB+ and HD streams are 5-10GB an hour, 500GB can go very fast.

          Sure you haven’t got unmetered streaming or something as part of your plan? 500GB sounds low if you’re watching a lot of Netflix, and torrenting. Certainly 500GB will work for many households, but if you have Netflix going daily for a few hours at higher quality levels, before factoring in other use, I think you’d expect to struggle in 500GB unless the ISP isn’t counting it.

        • 0jay on 24/11/2021 - 10:13

          4/5G counts uploads towards allowance

    • ibtihaj on 04/11/2021 - 12:43

      some people think 1 TB is just enuff which it isnt
      I just have 2 TVs and stream Netflix 4K and regular browsing and I use more than 800 GB (no torrenting etc)

      • nightelves on 04/11/2021 - 12:52

        Yeah same. Was shocked when I saw how much we used without torrenting.

      • eug on 04/11/2021 - 13:46
        +3

        some people think 1 TB is just enuff which it isnt

        Some people think 1TB isn't enough, which it is*.

        *it depends on your usage and number of people at your home. 1 user who just does Zoom and some YouTube will probably find it plenty. A family of 6 with kids who live online will not.

      • onlinepred on 04/11/2021 - 14:52
        -2

        It is enough for some, and for others who don't move from the TV every waking second of the day they aren't working, it probably isn't.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/11/2021 - 13:06
      -1

      Ok - I'm shocked at the response. My family uses on average 6TB of data per month and I thought we were average.

      • ibtihaj on 04/11/2021 - 13:25
        -5

        on Ozb ppl just try to force their opinion
        if they use 1TB u shud use 1TB and anything more is unacceptable
        if they eat Coles bread u shud do the same

        • Jugganautx on 04/11/2021 - 13:47
          +7

          I eat coles bread.

        • eug on 04/11/2021 - 13:51
          +2

          on Ozb ppl just try to force their opinion
          if they use 1TB u shud use 1TB and anything more is unacceptable

          Yeah… some people also say if they use more than 1TB, everybody else obviously must also use more than 1TB. ;)

        • slipperypete on 04/11/2021 - 23:23
          +1

          on Ozb ppl just try to force their opinion

          buuuut earlier you said

          some people think 1 TB is just enuff which it isnt

          isn't that forcing an opinion? You spend a lot of time at home on your screens, a lot of people don't. Just accept it may be enough for others and get over it

      • hawkeye93 on 04/11/2021 - 13:44

        Well, it depends on several factors like how many family members, usage pattern,…

      • baker bob on 04/11/2021 - 14:30
        +1

        Most people replying are completely missing why such comparisons are useless. My household use streaming and gaming as much as anyone else here yet I'm using 250gb a month. Why? Because I'm purposely not streaming at high definition. To provide an example of what that means, I stream tv episodes that are typically 250mgb in size but that same episode can be 4gb at highest definition. The gap between Movies is much bigger.

        Anyone saying your data should be x or y because mine is just don't know what they are talking about

        Actual gaming is immaterial to this number as well, patching and updating games will have a material impact but not playing. Most people don't get this either. If you play Ark Survival Evolved, you could be downloading 100gb of updates a month.

      • Rifulreinhardt on 04/11/2021 - 15:22
        +1

        How did use tbs?
        I watch YouTube on highest res everyday, download games, high res movies as soon as they come out. I’m sufficient on 500g actually never close to it

        • [Deactivated] on 04/11/2021 - 15:29

          One of my parents works from home almost full time and their job consists of video calls for most of the day and for the rest of the day it's uploading/downloading files. My sister watches youtube or netflix 24/7 and will do this whilst playing online minecraft at the same time. My other parent is retired and spends most of the day streaming internet radio/tv and watching youtube videos. I myself play a multitude of games so would update them often, I also host a minecraft server from our house and I also mine crypto so that is something that sends packets constantly. We also have a smart home with security cameras that upload to the cloud and the solar panels which constantly feed data to the web as well.

          It's pretty easy to use 6tb a month

      • FrugalSplack on 04/11/2021 - 16:42
        +1

        HOW THE F*** DO YOU USE 6 TB? Our family of four can't even use 500 GB!!!

    • opt on 04/11/2021 - 16:30
      +1

      On average, NBN consumers downloaded 355 Gigabytes (GB) per month, with services on the 100 Mbps or above downloading the most, at 555 GB per month
      source ACCC

      So I'd say 1TB is enough for most "average" people.

      Some may also prefer faster speeds and a reliable connection over unlimited data, I certainly do. Which is why am paying quite a bit more for a Telstra 5G mobile BB plan (unfortunately not this home wireless plan) instead of subscribing to the fixed line alternatives I have which are far inferior in speed and reliability.

  • futaris on 04/11/2021 - 12:21
    +21

    You get unlimited data. After 1TB it's speed limited to 25mbps.

  • Bik on 04/11/2021 - 12:25

    Perfect! Will be getting it.
    What are the chances that Telstra Chat will give $10 credit making it $75 pm?

    • Fixel99 on 04/11/2021 - 15:56

      Keep us updated

  • rysith on 04/11/2021 - 12:25
    +4

    I've been using this for the last month and am a convert from an average FTTN 50/20mbps plan to now getting 200-450mbps/50-90mbps, latency in the 15-30ms range.

    According to rfnsa.com.au, I'm approximately 1.3km from my nearest Telstra 5g tower with no line of sight.

    Modem placement is extremely important as moving it around (and orientation of modem facing) can alter results dramatically.

    During the day my speeds are on the lower end of the scale and late at night are the best (likely due to congestion on the network).

    For $85 per month compared to the $70ish for a 50mbps FTTN plan it's a no brainer.

    Mod Edit: URL updated.

    • [Deactivated] on 04/11/2021 - 12:50
      +1

      Hope you understand that as soon as adoption increases speed will only go down, proportionally to number of subscribers.

      • AssociatedONEMariachi @ Telstra on 04/11/2021 - 12:57
        +1

        They're limiting subscribers per postcode at the moment

        • wtfnodeal on 04/11/2021 - 13:21

          How many per postcode? 1,000 or 1,000,000?

    • poppingtags on 04/11/2021 - 12:54
      +3

      First time I've heard of rfnsa.com.au, a great resource - thanks for sharing!

      Mod Edit: URL updated.

      • seb on 04/11/2021 - 13:06
        +5

        Please don't send ppl to rfnsa.com that is a scam site.

        The correct address is rfnsa.com.au

        • poppingtags on 04/11/2021 - 13:10

          Oh whoops, apologies - I did mean rfnsa.com.au, just copied it from the above post. I've reported my comment to the mods, hopefully they take it down and/or edit it.

        • m2pic on 04/11/2021 - 14:03

          Thanks for update. I went to
          .com and my phone automatically blocked it any ways.

    • seb on 04/11/2021 - 13:06
      +5

      Please don't send ppl to rfnsa.com that is a scam site.

      The correct address is rfnsa.com.au

  • bar6gain on 04/11/2021 - 12:26
    +1

    Would data sharing be possible with other Telstra mobiles on the same account ?

    • hawkeye93 on 04/11/2021 - 12:27
      +1

      Don't think so as this is broadband.

  • C0mbat on 04/11/2021 - 12:26
    +1

    Seems like a really good deal. I get between 60mbps and 500mbps on 5g in my house where as I get between 3mbps and 40mbps on NBN. Add to the fact that NBN drops out 4-5 times a day and it's a no brainer for people like me.

  • DrKB108 on 04/11/2021 - 12:26

    I currently have Telstra 5G (via their Wifi Pro modem). It's $75/month for 400GB data. I'm in a 5G area (I get ~400-600 Mbs down). But when I type my address into Telstra 5G Home Internet search it says not eligible. Anyone else experiencing this?

    • zed264 on 04/11/2021 - 12:38

      I think they're having issues with address checking. Can't check my address either.

    • Buy2Much on 04/11/2021 - 12:49

      I tried a couple of established addresses, including one right in the middle of several mobile towers within line of sight that qualify for Optus and Vodafone 5G broadband. The search timed out after a long while and said “address check not available”.
      Looks like their address system is as bad as the one they use to ship items (lots of delivery addresses complains on Telstra day deals)…

      • worthy1 on 04/11/2021 - 12:59

        Same, im in canberra but it says not available yet i have heard others advertising their speeds on 5G broadband not far from me. Ive had enough of FTTN yet besides Starlink i dont have many options.

    • Associated0 0 0 @ Telstra on 04/11/2021 - 13:02

      I had the same issue. I suppose there could be other factors such as network capacity provisioning at play. I have Telstra 5g mobile at my house but also ineligible for the home internet 5g which is a bummer.

    • sakurakiks on 04/11/2021 - 18:00

      is your connection stable with the device? mine sometimes drops out, disconnects, restarts by itself, every 2-3 days or so.
      I called customer service yesterday and they said it's a network thing, and there's nothing I can do and nothing they can do?? Pretty shoddy if you ask me!

      Also, sometimes I'm in the middle of something and the wifi cuts out on my laptop and won't reconnect again, even though most of the other devices in the house are still connected - i have to reboot the device to get it working again. Huge pain.

      • DrKB108 on 04/11/2021 - 20:09

        Yes stable. I have the wifi pro modem connected to Google Wifi and have 4 nodes throughout the house. The only think I’m disappointed about is the speeds from the nodes, but that’s a google wifi issue.

    • TheZohan on 04/11/2021 - 20:15

      I have a Telstra 5G 400GB plan too and it says not available in my area. I just assume that's due to the fact they don't want too many people jumping on this deal in that area due to capacity. Which is actually a good thing long term.

      I only pay $65/month anyway and 400GB is more than enough.

  • Selenium on 04/11/2021 - 12:27

    Huh. Wish they'd introduced this before I'd already shelled out for their 5G wireless modem. Already paying them 85 bucks a month for 500GB on 5G.

  • futaris on 04/11/2021 - 12:29

    Note, that the home option can't be relocated / used elsewhere.

    • bobzor on 04/11/2021 - 17:25
      +2

      It can but you are informed not to.

  • chitchat123 on 04/11/2021 - 12:36

    Anyone else having trouble searching in the address search on the website?

    • elite79 on 04/11/2021 - 12:38

      Yes denied for me as well. Not available for this address….

    • AssociatedONEMariachi @ Telstra on 04/11/2021 - 12:50
      -3

      turn off adblock

  • A Banana4scale on 04/11/2021 - 12:37

    How much ping for Valorant?

    • chitchat123 on 04/11/2021 - 12:38
      +1

      15 ping with 50% packet loss

      • Guybrush57 on 04/11/2021 - 16:50

        Whoa. That packet loss ain't good.

        • bobzor on 04/11/2021 - 17:27

          Yeah this is great for downloading fps games, not for playing them though XD
          I patch Warzone on 5G @ 450mbps and play on FTTN @ 30mbps due to ping/ms and packet loss.

          FTTN ping ~20
          5G ping ~200

  • ozisaver on 04/11/2021 - 12:40

    Would get it but still no 5g coverage in my area. Right in middle of the city too

    • bobzor on 04/11/2021 - 20:02

      Says on their website as of June 2021 they cover 75% of the Australian population.

      Edit: Looks like the address checker is working now, might have been OzBargained earlier

  • cyruslol on 04/11/2021 - 12:41
    +1

    It sounds very competitive! i just left Telstra as they are increasing my 100/40 NBN fees and halved upload speed to 18mbps

  • OrenjiO on 04/11/2021 - 12:43

    Is this modem 5G SA supported? Anyone got the specs?

  • Junnyjun on 04/11/2021 - 12:47

    I dont get it. I get 5g at my address but the site wont let me get this

  • 2stroksmokr on 04/11/2021 - 12:47

    I get 90-100 on Fixed Wireless but this looks like a treat, $5 extra might give it a go and run both for the month.

  • futaris on 04/11/2021 - 12:48
    +1

    The modem is the AW1000
    https://crowdsupport.telstra.com.au/t5/broadband-nbn/telstra…

  • F1Maniac on 04/11/2021 - 12:49

    seems like the address checker is broken or probably not available at my address :(

    • AssociatedONEMariachi @ Telstra on 04/11/2021 - 12:50

      Turn off adblock

      • F1Maniac on 04/11/2021 - 12:59
        +2

        yup tried that… looks like its broken now. getting 500 error on that API call

        • AssociatedONEMariachi @ Telstra on 04/11/2021 - 13:20

          ahh damn, worked for me but yeah seems you're right, has been wrecked hard now lol

      • poppingtags on 04/11/2021 - 13:11

        Still not working OP, looks like search has been OzBargained.

      • RNDM on 04/11/2021 - 13:32

        Tried on my mobile, on the Telstra network … not working.

  • Adriftx on 04/11/2021 - 12:49

    Hopefully we wont see new 5g telstra modems appearing on marketplace.

  • 184letsburnitdown on 04/11/2021 - 12:50

    Address check unavailable?

    • npc on 04/11/2021 - 12:59

      Same here, address check is not available

  • poppingtags on 04/11/2021 - 12:50
    +1

    Apologies for the silly question - but can you connect the 5G modem to a mesh router like the TP-Link Deco series, to expand reach?

    • ujwols on 04/11/2021 - 12:52
      +2

      yep you can

      • poppingtags on 04/11/2021 - 12:54

        Great to know, thanks! :)

  • ujwols on 04/11/2021 - 12:51

    Have been on this plan for last couple of months. Joined when it was invite only.

    Insanely good speed.
    I get consistently 600+ Mbps down and 80+ Mbps upload speed..
    But now that it is open to public, the good days may not remain for longer :)

    I am about 500meter from the tower

    • Duff5000 on 04/11/2021 - 13:02

      Oh, that sounds tempting.

      What did you use for tower distance? The couple i tried dont look to be updated recently.

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