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Last updated: 10 November 2020
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We want to ensure internet service providers (ISPs) are giving customers the speeds they signed up for. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) regularly releases connectivity data from its broadband performance program, which measures real speeds from more than 1000 homes across Australia. 

We take the raw data and put it through our interactive comparison tool to help you find out which ISPs have the best upload and download speeds, as well as latency.

This is the October release of September 2020 program results.

Want to join in the measuring broadband program to add data to the process? The ACCC is still looking for any applicants, but in particular in those people in new housing estates, either on an NBN or alternative fibre network, as well as any members on the new gigabit plans offered by some RSPs.

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We've partnered with search engine WhistleOut to help you find and buy the right plan for you. While we make money if you buy through WhistleOut, this doesn't influence our rankings. 100% of the money we make goes straight back into our nonprofit mission.

Why we've changed how we report

As of September 2020, we're using broadband performance data from the ACCC. This means some changes to how scoring works, as well as what ISPs are reported on and what types of data is recorded.
Matthew Steen
By CHOICE staff
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      This is the maximum wholesale download speed in megabits per second (Mbps) for each tier of plan. While this is the wholesale speed sold by NBN Co to providers, providers are required to advertise the average real-world speed their users might expect to see.

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        This is the maximum wholesale upload speed in megabits per second (Mbps) for each tier of plan. While this is the wholesale speed sold by NBN Co to providers, providers are required to advertise the average real-world speed their users might expect to see.

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