Increase your home internet speed by 500% for little extra

Household internet speeds are set to increase by up to 500 per cent as NBN Co rolls out the upgrade to download and upload speeds. With the rollout comes warnings from Australian telcos that households and businesses will need the right gear and the right plan to enjoy the new speedy internet. The fastest plans will become even faster, with NBN100 plans the entry point.

Here's what you need to know:

• NBN 100 plans will upgrade to maximum download speeds of 500Mbps
• NBN 250 plans will upgrade to 750Mbps
• NBN 500 will upgrade to 50Mbps, as will NBN 750
• NBN 1000 plans will still be limited to 1000Mbps, but upload speeds will double to 100Mbps

Faster NBN plans will also only be available to those with fibre to the premises (FTTP) and hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) broadband connections.

Those with fibre to the node (FTTN) and fibre to the curb (FTTC) connections can upgrade to FTTP to enjoy the new speed.

Check out the best plans for accessing the new NBN upgrade.

NBN 100 plans

NBN 250 plans

NBN 500 and 750 plans

NBN 1000 plans

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