Ever for the reason that NBN velocity upgrades arrived in September this yr, I’ve been fairly vocal for my part of the worth supplied by the NBN 500 tier. Though, up till now, that opinion has largely been speculative, as a consequence of the truth that any claims round real-world speeds have come from suppliers themselves.
That’s all now modified due to the Australian Competitors & Client Fee (ACCC) releasing its newest Measuring Broadband Efficiency report. Revealed at present (December 17), the brand new report confirms that NBN 500 greater than delivers on the promised efficiency.
To offer you a common overview of the NBN 500 tier (and earlier than I get into some severe numbers), the ACCC confirmed that “[the] common obtain velocity on the upgraded NBN House Quick plan throughout the busy hours of seven to 11pm on weekdays was 503.9 Mbps, with 80.5 per cent of companies on this plan reaching a mean busy hour velocity exceeding 500 Mbps.” Briefly, NBN 500 plans are literally overdelivering on velocity, which additional cements them as an exceptional-value choice for any Aussie house that may entry them.
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As with earlier broadband studies from the ACCC (which we regularly use right here at TechRadar to again up any claims we make when recommending sure web service suppliers), efficiency knowledge is damaged down by supplier and by time of day. The ACCC depends on monitoring real-world clients’ connections, with the 9 suppliers talked about within the new report all having crossed a minimal threshold of 40 complete customers.These suppliers include the ‘large three’ of Telstra, Optus and TPG, together with a collection of smaller suppliers akin to Exetel and Leaptel. Knowledge is then collected throughout all hours of the day and the recognized busy night hours of 7pm to 11pm.
In what could come as stunning information to some, Optus got here out on prime, delivering 104.5% of marketed plan speeds throughout all hours of the day and 103.7% throughout the busier hours. Exetel, which commonly performs nicely within the ACCC studies, got here in a detailed second, recording 103.8% and 103.4% for a similar intervals, respectively.
Rounding out the highest three is TPG, which achieved 103.4% of marketed plan speeds throughout all hours and 102.8% throughout the busier night hours. You may view the total graph of ends in the picture beneath.
These figures do embody all plans supplied by a supplier, so in Optus’ case meaning the slower NBN 25 and sooner NBN 1000 plans are additionally thought of. In Exetel’s case, nonetheless, solely the NBN 500 is taken under consideration, for the reason that supplier has solely supplied its new 500Mbps ‘One’ plan since June.
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