In less than a month, NBN CO will update the speeds of multiple Internet plans available in their full fiber and HFC networks, marking the most exceptional speed increase since the beginning of the network in 2009. It is a movement that has been in process for a long time, and service providers have been preparing for the great change (although some have already jumped their weapons).
If this is the first time you hear about it, here is a quick summary of what is happening: houses connected to fiber attended by fiber-to-the-the (FTTP) or Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) In a NBN 100 plan they will have their service updated to a new NBN 500 Tier, which offers a maximum discharge of the 500mbps speeds, or five times their service will be updated. Meanwhile, NBN 250 is increasing to 750 Mbps, NBN 1000 is obtaining a new minimum speed of 750Mbps and a new maximum speed of 2,000Mbps (also known as NBN 2000) is being introduced.
It is a very exciting moment for Australian Internet, and is ready to improve the speeds to be much more competitive against other nations developed worldwide, according to the Independent Ookla Speed Test Organization, Australia, currently occupies the 63rd position for the average fixed -line internet speeds. NBN CO expects the new 500mbps capacity plan to be the most popular, with that contingent hope in continuous implementation and the absorption of the fiber update program.
But much has happened behind the scene to facilitate this speed impulse. Retoristic service providers (RSP) such as Australian broadband have been building so far for years. Techradar sat with the Australian broadband CSO Jonathan Prosser for a wide conversation about imminent changes and how they will probably affect both suppliers and end users.
Preparing for speed impulse
The NBN has been drastically transformed over the years. After the deployment of the whole country began in 2010, followed by a cost savings solution to use the existing copper infrastructure, the speeds of the network as a whole have been left far behind many other countries, so when the consumption plans with a capacity of 1000 Mbps were first introduced in 2020, most of the Australian households and companies could not access it.
Today, complete fiber plans are growing in an absorption thanks to a proactive free fiber update program managed by NBN CO, but although that has been happening, Internet suppliers who buy wholesale connections have been preparing for the main impulse of the network, ensuring the way consumers are not strongly affected by a sudden increase in demand.
“Actually, there is a work truck that we had to do to be ready,” Prisser told Techradar. “We always actively provide our CVC [the NBN bandwidth capacity in a geographic area]… What has been translated is a very active capital management program at the network level, where we always invade ourselves too much in the year to ensure that we are really ready for any future capacity. Because of that, we have been ready for this future for quite some time. ”
One of the main obstacles that Prosser described was a change in the system from traditional CVC to what NBN co calls CVC max, a change that NBN co introduced after consulting with its wholesale clients. CVC Max eliminates the network speed covers from the traditional CVC system, with the network now capable of achieving speeds directly coinciding with the infrastructure of NBN suppliers. “That is a very important change and we are very proud of our role in making that happen,” Prosser added. “Effectively, it carries it through what would have been one of the most affected bottlenecks at the network level.”
Aussie Broadband has said that prices will not increase once the new speeds are introduced in September, and it is unlikely that other NBN suppliers do so, since many have already increased the prices of their plan at the beginning of the financial year. Rather, Aussie mocked that there will actually be price reductions in their Pro plans, which offer greater loading speeds compared to their regular counterparts.
There is also the question that suppliers participate in early speed updates. At the beginning of July, the Superloop owned provider, Exetel, completely changed its business model to focus on offering a single plan with 500mbps capacity, which makes it two full months available before the NBN 500 speed level is officially introduced. Since then, a handful of other NBN suppliers have followed their example, although the Australian broadband does not have plans to join.
“It’s not something economical,” said Prosser. “For the NBN 500 plan to buy something convincing [if introduced today] It would indeed make a retail price commercially lower than its resale price. “
It’s just a matter of time
With regard to Aussie, it is ready to reach September and does not foresee any maximum speed problem with its network partners. “We do not believe that there is a higher risk of bottleneck as we enter these new high -speed plans,” Prosser added. “Actually, it will be an experiment once we first throw it as a nation.”
In the future, Prosser says that there will be a change in how Australian broadband markets its plans to make things less confusing. After all, these speed updates will only be available for FTTP and HFC customers, which means that there will still be millions of Australian households in copper -based connections only capable of speeds of up to 100Mbps. Then, in addition to advertising speeds, NBN suppliers such as Ause must take into account notices about the type of technology.
September 14, 2025 is officially the big day, and we hope that most NBN suppliers offer NBN 500, NBN 750 and NBN 2000 from the beginning; Until then, anyone interested in jumping to one of the new plans must verify their type of NBN connection, (and if necessary to confirm whether they can access the update of the NBN fiber), considering that its noise and, obviously, what can spend time so that it is ready to spend the NBN time, which does not grant the time. Plans to find a supplier, speed and price that adapts to your needs.
