Compare Broadband Plans in Broken Hill

You will be able to find all of the major Australian internet service providers (or ISPs for short) operating in and around Broken Hill, such as Telstra, Optus, Aussie Broadband, iiNet, TPG, MyRepublic, Belong, Dodo, and iPrimus. Regardless of how reputable an internet service provider is, it is still always advised that a broadband customer double checks the provider’s coverage ability to their region before they sign with them. Not even the best broadband providers can guarantee optimal coverage to every single area of this giant country of ours, especially when it comes to the more remote and rural areas, so even if you've found a broadband plan and provider that appeals to you, it always pays to confirm their coverage ability before you sign with them. Feel free to call one of our broadband consultants on 1300 106 571 if you fancy a fast and free chat.

The NBN stands for the National Broadband Network, and it is an Australian national open-access wholesale data network protect. It was instigated and rolled out by the Australian Government with the goal to improve the country’s internet service by upgrading Australia’s old copper line based internet infrastructure (which was leftover from our old landline telephone lines) with a generally more reliable fibre optic cable network.

“The NBN Lottery” is the informal name given to an unpopular NBN policy. As mentioned above, there are many different kinds of NBN connection types, and that is because the NBN is a Multi Technology Mix (or “MTM” for short). The reason the NBN a Multi Technology Mix is because early in the NBN’s rollout, the country had a change in Federal Government, which resulted in budget cuts to the NBN Co’s rollout. As a consequence, the NBN Co had to make some compromises on certain aspects of the NBN’s build; in a nutshell, it resulted in there being different kinds of NBN connection types that are made up of different technologies, and some of those technologies do not work as well as others, but NBN customers do not get to choose what kind of NBN connection is designated to their area. Hence, it’s an NBN Lottery. You can read more about the NBN Lottery and the different NBN connection types here. If an NBN customer has been allocated an NBN connection type that they find less than optimal, there are still things that can do to counter that; chief amongst them being upgrading to a better NBN plan, either one that has unlimited NBN data, or one that is on a higher NBN speed tier.

There are four distinct NBN speed tiers available in Australia. The higher the NBN speed tier, the faster it is; as such, the faster/higher NBN speed tiers are typically more expensive than the slower/lower NBN speed tiers. You get to choose what NBN speed tier you want when you first sign up to an NBN plan (or when you change to a new NBN plan), and you can always upgrade to a higher tier if you need to, so you may wish to consider starting off with a middle of the range tier, like NBN 25 or the NBN 50, and then changing it up if that one’s not working out for you. The four NBN speed tiers available to you in Broken Hill are as follows;

NBN 12 - also known as Basic Evening Speed, the NBN 12 plan is the lowest and the cheapest of the speed tiers. NBN 12 offers a maximum download speed of 12Mbps. 

NBN 25 - also known as Standard Evening Speed, the NBN 25 plan offers you a maximum download speed of 25Mbps.

NBN 50 - also known as Standard Plus Evening Speed, the NBN 50 plan gives you a maximum download speed of 50Mbps.

NBN 100 - also referred to as Premium Evening Speed. NBN 100 plans are the fastest and the most expensive of the NBN speed tiers, offering a maximum download speed of 100Mbps. 

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