This article is sponsored by Dodo.
Is slow, flakey nbn turning working from home into working from hell? Dodo is now offering a big, wallet-saving discount on its Standard speed nbn plans.
The Dodo deal, which is exclusive to WhistleOut visitors, will save you a huge $17 per month for the first six months on a Standard speed nbn plan. Add it up and that’s just over $100 in your pocket just for switching your internet plan.
At just $58 per month, the Dodo nbn50 Unlimited Plan is among the most affordable nbn plans available right now. Just how competitive is it? Check out the table below to see what a difference this exclusive discount could make to your monthly bill.
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#1
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Dodo
All Fixed Line nbn®
Editor's Pick
nbn50 Unlimited Plan
$57.99/mth
Min. cost $57.99
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#2
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Optus
All Fixed Line nbn®
Optus Everyday nbn®
$82/mth
Min. cost $82
Link not supplied
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If a discount sounds good, but you’d prefer something a bit faster, or a bit slower, Dodo is currently offering discounts across its range of nbn plan options. Speed demons looking for a Fast tier plan (nbn 100) can save $10 per month over the first six months, or $60 in total. Budget-conscious netizens can choose a Basic II speed plan (nbn 25) instead and trim $16.10 off their bill for the first six month as well.
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#1
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Dodo
All Fixed Line nbn®
nbn25 Unlimited Plan
$43.99/mth
Min. cost $43.99
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#2
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Dodo
All Fixed Line nbn®
Editor's Pick
nbn50 Unlimited Plan
$57.99/mth
Min. cost $57.99
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#3
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Dodo
FTTP, HFC
Editor's Pick
nbn500 Unlimited Plan
$62.99/mth
Min. cost $62.99
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#4
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Dodo
FTTN, FTTB, FTTC
Editor's Pick
nbn100 Unlimited Plan
$62.99/mth
Min. cost $62.99
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#5
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Dodo
FTTP, HFC
nbn Home Superfast Plan
$69.99/mth
Min. cost $69.99
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#6
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Dodo
FTTP, HFC
nbn Home Ultrafast Plan
$79.99/mth
Min. cost $79.99
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All Dodo plans come with unlimited internet data and you’ll pay just $60 on your first bill for a new nbn-ready modem.
Dodo is also one of just a few internet providers who will discount your internet bill when you bundle it with your gas and electricity services. You’ll get $10 off your monthly bill when you connect all three utilities with Dodo, and when you combine this with our exclusive offer, you could be paying just $48 per month for speedy Standard nbn for the first six months.
The speed you need
nbn Standard speed is perfect for most Aussie homes, in fact about 60% of all nbn connections in Australia use a service on this speed tier. Download speeds of 50Mbps are what you need when you have 3 or 4 people under the same roof, on the same WiFi network, all trying to watch, listen and learn at the same time.
This is especially true for households with someone working from home who needs a reliably fast internet connection. Videoconferencing is the new normal for many of us, and we all know the horror when the video call freezes at the exact moment you have your mouth open and your eyes shut. There’s nothing like a shoddy internet service to ruin your work day.
Standard speed nbn is designed to deliver download speeds up to 50Mbps, which is great for most online tasks, including high-definition Zoom calls. But as many of us have discovered, most nbn providers don’t deliver on these speed promises.
This is where Dodo is different. Unlike a number of other nbn providers, Dodo’s Typical Evening Speeds for Standard nbn plans are bang-on 50Mbps. That means while other families are frustrated by stuttering, buffering Netflix streams, Dodo customers are getting what they pay for.
This doesn’t happen by chance. It takes careful optimisation by the Dodo team to keep you connected at top speed, and it’s the kind of service you’d expect to pay top-dollar for. Though, as we all now know, you can get these reliably fast nbn speeds and save money in the process.
Understanding Typical Evening Speed
Typical Evening Speed is an essential part of nbn plan comparisons, but it is also one of the most confusing aspects too.
Simply put, Typical Evening Speed is the industry standard that internet providers use to let potential customers know the sort of performance they should expect when they sign up for a new service. It’s called ‘evening speed’ because it is a measure of performance between the hours of 7pm and 11pm when most Aussie homes are online watching TV, playing video games and doing homework. All of this activity at the same time creates congestion on the network, much like a traffic jam on a highway during peak hour.
To discover the typical speed, internet providers randomly test the performance for customers on their network. The results of all of these tests are collected over three months and form the Typical Evening Speed that providers can then communicate to the public.
The only way that Dodo can deliver maximum speed to its customers, given all of the factors that can slow down your nbn connection, is to give you more bandwidth at the times when you need it most. Obviously, it’s far more complicated than this, but this optimisation is what should mean you should be getting what you pay for.
Joseph Hanlon
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