Telstra's 5G home internet service is much faster than your NBN *

Telstra's 5G home internet service is much faster than your NBN *
Telstra today revealed some interesting data gleaned from customers involved in testing the telco's 5G home internet plans and, in doing so, revealed staggering numbers about the service's capabilities. A Telstra representative said the typical overnight speed for wireless broadband test customers "is between 50 Mbps - 600 Mbps, and the average speed in our speed tests is around 378 Mbps." This average speed is not only higher than what is possible on most NBN cable connections in Australia, but is even higher than the typical nightly speeds most providers quote for their NBN 1000 plans (except Aussie Broadband and Telstra), which is currently the fastest consumer. NBN level offer. As always, it should be noted that there are a number of factors that influence the mobile data speeds that individual users will experience in their homes, including proximity to a 5G tower, the location and power of the modem used, etc. That said, even the lowest typical nightly speed listed at 50 Mbps is as much, if not more, than most NBN 50 plans in the country offer, so the mobile network alternative looks promising. The announcement also reveals the promise of doubling data (from a 500GB cap to 1000GB) for existing and new 5G internet in-home customers, as well as ever-increasing speeds thanks to new technologies, such as the recent acquisition of frequencies by Telstra in mmWave. spectrum.

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Although Telstra says that "over the next few months, our 5G home internet service will be available in more places," it doesn't look like anyone can sign up for any of these plans just yet. In the first round of testing, users trying out the telco's amazing 5G home internet plans were only able to sign up via an invite from Telstra, and we suspect the expanded rollout will take some time to complete, about the same way. We have reached out to Telstra for further clarification on this point and will update this story if we hear back. In the meantime, if you're not one of the lucky few to take part in this trial and still want to jump on the triple-digit megabit bandwagon, here's what's on offer in the superfast and superfast NBN space right now. , which covers NBN 250 and NBN 1000 plans. Comparison of NBN 250 plans Comparison of NBN 1000 plans