The NBN price increase on 1 July relates to what NBN resellers are charged for the various tiers. Resellers then add their support, billing and profit.
To be clear, this is the NBN wholesale price increase for all resellers that leads to a retail price increase that you pay.
What you will notice is that the increases are small, adjusted, on average, by just under the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI), measured over the 12 months to 31 December 2024
| Speed Plan (Wholesale Peak Information Rate)* | Average Wholesale Cost per month (FY25) | Forecast Average Wholesale Cost per month from 1 July 2025 ex GST | nbn® fixed-line access technology |
| 12/1 Mbps (Basic Bundled Offer) | $12.01 | $12.01 (no change) | FTTP, FTTB, FTTN, FTTC, HFC |
| 12/1 Mbps (Non-Basic Bundled Offer) | $32.57 | $33.47 (increase of $0.90) | FTTP, FTTB, FTTN, FTTC, HFC |
| 25/5 and 25/10 Mbps | $33.96 | $34.64 (increase of $0.68) | FTTP, FTTB, FTTN, FTTC, HFC^ |
| 50/20 Mbps | $53.59 | $55.19 (increase of $1.60) | FTTP, FTTB, FTTN, FTTC, HFC^^ |
| 100/20 Mbps | $57.22 | $58.53 (increase of $1.31) | FTTP, FTTB, FTTN, FTTC, HFC^^^ |
| 100/40 Mbps | $60.22 | $61.53 (increase of $1.31) | FTTP, HFC |
| 250/25 Mbps | $62.22 | $63.93 (increase of $1.71) | FTTP, HFC |
| 500 to ~1000/50 Mbps | $72.22 | $73.93 (increase of $1.71) | FTTP, HFC |
Gouging?
Very few resellers have announced their NBN price increases from 1 July. Telstra has, and it has caused outrage. Telstra mobile and internet customers – pay more from 1 July.
For example, it buys the 100/20 plan for $58.22 plus GST ($64) and will charge $113, including GST and a 24-month contract for a $200 modem, Telstra Smart Modem 3 – not all that smart or fast. This represents a $3 per month increase on a wholesale cost increase of $1.31.
By comparison, Buddy charges $85 (online service) and Aussie Broadband (call centre) charges $95 (and both will go up a little from 1 July). Modems are extra but allow you buy what you need instead of a Crappy NBN Modem – here are a few better ones (2025 update network guide)
We won’t discuss Telstra’s methods for minimising traffic on the NBN ‘river’ or its attempts to provide landlines under its Universal Service Obligation via its 4G network (instead of the ultra-reliable NBN).
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