If you haven’t checked yet, you may not realise your NBN speed has been increased. In most cases it will be up to five times faster.
The NBN, under its Accelerate Great program, has just completed its biggest upgrade ever for customers and business owners to enjoy even faster wholesale speeds for selected tiers if you have Fibre To The Premises (FTTP) and Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC).
NBN customers on FTTC (Fibre To The Curb) or FTTN (Fibre To The Node) can sign up to these new faster plans and, by doing so, the NBN will upgrade their home connection to FTTP to enable the faster download and upload speeds.
Here are the new accelerated speeds:
– NBN Home Ultrafast: Wholesale speeds will increase from 50 to 100 /50 Mbps to offering double the upload speed.
– NBN Home Fast II: Wholesale speeds will increase from 100/20 Mbps to 500/50 Mbps, offering five times faster download speeds and more than double the upload speed.
– NBN Home Superfast: Wholesale speeds will increase from 250/25 Mbps to 750/50 Mbps, offering three times faster download speed and double the upload speed.
– NBN Home Hyperfast: A new wholesale plan that will offer 2000/200 Mbps for those with FTTP connections and 2000/100 Mbps for HFC connections
– NBN Business 2000 Pro: A new wholesale plan that will offer 2000/500 Mbps for those with FTTP connections.
Customers already on the 1000/50Mbps plans will see their upload speed increased to 100Mbps.
These speed increases come at a time when Australian households and businesses are using more data than ever with average monthly data consumption on the NBN increasing by more than 10 per cent in the last 12 months alone going from an average monthly usage of 460GB in June 2024 to 508GB in June 2025.
And we will use even more data in the future as we increase the number of connected devices in our homes.
These NBN speed increases will also enable homes and businesses to do even more online including working, learning, streaming, gaming as well as accessing online healthcare services.
According to NBN stats, average monthly download usage is expected to surge past 1100GB per month within the next decade and it will continue to rise.
This will be due to the increase in expanded access to online education, telehealth and the expected increase of cloud services which will justify the need for faster Internet speeds.
Before the speed increases 34.8 per cent of households were connected on plans offering 100Mbps or above.
Now the NBN expects the 500Mbps speed tier to become Australia’s most popular plan.
“When the NBN network began, we could only imagine what would be possible,” says Anna Perrin, NBN Chief Customer Officer.
“The digital revolution is here. A hyper-connected digital world is no longer a distant possibility but our daily reality, with the NBN network at its core.
“In this digital world, people across Australia are using more data, on more devices, doing more than ever before.
“This trend will continue as new technology emerges and becomes a part of our lives.
“That is why we are delivering the most significant uplift to our wholesale speed tiers since the network began.
“They mean we can support Australian homes and businesses to stay ahead of the curve and handle the data demands of today, and the years to come.
“The Accelerate Great program is about more than faster speeds. It’s about empowering Australians to thrive in a digital world.
“Faster broadband means better access to online education, virtual healthcare, cloud-based business tools and emerging technologies.
“Reliable, high-speed connectivity is essential for the digital experiences that shape our modern lives.
“We’ve worked closely with phone and internet providers to help ensure customers can access these upgrades easily over the coming weeks and months and we will continue to educate homes and businesses get the most out of these accelerated speeds through better in-home set-up and choosing the right plan.”
