So work is offering $200 towards a monthly internet allowance, so I figure I may as well get the best internet possible for the money.
I'm currently with superloop on a basic 50/20 plan, but their 1000/50 plan is not unlimited bandwidth + it says typical evening speeds are only 500.
What are your thoughts on who I should go with?
Yeah, you might be right about not going over bandwidth, although I suspect that with faster internet, you end up using more bandwidth, simply because you can.
I'm with Superloop and do around 1.5 to 2TB a month on the 1000/50 plan, it rockets along at all hours, even in peak.
Best of all, no connection fee and no contract so if at any point you want to change providers it's simple and stress-free (no out of pocket expense)
Same, I've always gotten 900+ all the time. Just did a test now and got 930. Have never been able to breach 2TB, let alone 3TB.
That said, I might still try another provider once the 6month promotion is up.
It may not be very OzBargain of me, but I intended to do that when I signed up with Superloop, but then they were like "Have Gigabit for 6 months for free", then a free static IP address…
Every time I've contacted support they've been really fast, so they've built up a bit of brand loyalty in me :P
6 months of gigabit for free is amazing! I would definitely stay with them for a while afterwards if I was offered that.
@ChillBro: A lot of other ISPs were offering it too, if you were on 100mbit they gave you a 6 month upgrade to gigabit to see if you like it (I did, and then signed up for it).
Telstra have the fastest Gigabit TES and an included router with 4G failover.
Aussie Broadband have the second fastest Gigabit TES.
Future Broadband and Launtel are worth a look.
Thanks for that, I looked into Telstra but couldn't find details for Gigabit internet on their website?
Found it https://www.telstra.com.au/help/critical-information-summari…
I might pass, those one time fees are ridiculous.
@dottjt: The plan page says there is a $0 connection fee. Telstra smart modem is "free" when you stay for 24 months or charged at $9/month if you leave anytime before 24 months.
Oh they're still running the "addons" scam.
The private sector is so ****ing garbage.
Forgive my ignorance - what does Gigabit TES mean? I know what a gigabit is but googling "Gigabyte TES" doesn't return any results mentioning "Gigabit TES" on the first page.
All ISPs need to put a typical evening speed (TES) on their nbn plans. Telstra's 1000/50Mbps Ultrafast plan has an average of 700Mbps download and 40Mbps upload between 7pm to 11pm. This doesn't mean you are limited to 700/40Mbps during those times.
It's a way of scamming customers by pretending that ISPs have a minimum service level - the "typical speed".
The scam is a typical evening speed can mean anything. It's only typical, could be anything.
The private sector is garbage.
I've never seen below 910Mbps on my Superloop service and I have a Sam Knows ACCC speed monitor box so I can see a full month of speed tests very easily.
Of course, I can run my own tests and I do - it's always above 900Mbps, generally around 950Mbps, so no complaints here :)
I believe the Typical Evening Speed is monitored by a third party though, so it's better than the old days of just advertising the line sync speed and not giving any indication of the actual achievable throughput.
Some (all, by definition?) of the good ISPs publish actual performance graphs too.
We're on AussieBB 1000/50 for $149.95 (after the 6-month $20 monthly discount has expired).
Can't fault it. Consistently 900mbps down, even during peak times. Pings are great, and part of the reason we went with AussieBB over Launtel. AussieBB congestion depends upon you CVC loads though, but they are very transparent and show you the loads on their CVCs here https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au/cvc-graphs/
We average about 1TB down each month, including one of us working from home full-time.
Future or Launtel
Aussie are currently giving away a free month, so try them out. Telstra will also let you cancel within 30 days for a full refund, and let you keep the modem, if you haven't been with them for NBN before. Launtel will let you try them out free for 7 days.
As for advertised typical evening speeds, they are pretty meaningless. There's no guarantee you will get those speeds. So try some out for yourself and see how you go.
AussieBB is always the consensus. Honestly 3TB is plenty. I have a Plex server running with a couple of mates streaming most of the time. The highest I've ever reached was 2.3TB in a month.
AussieBB has great customer service. I been getting between 945 and 967 all day. Speed doesn't change during peak times.
Are there referral links anywhere for Aussie BB?
Are you going to use the whole 3TB allowance with the Superloop plan? I'm a pretty heavy user and I do between 700 and 1200gb a month.
Note if you go over it, they shape you down to 100/20, which is still very usable!
I get ~800-850mbit down most of the day, and I'm likely being limited by my router (Amplifi Instant) rather than the actual connection.