NBN blues? Get three months of Optus home wireless for free

Jacqui Dent - Editorial Strategist

Last updated 19 September 2019

If you've been thinking about trying out a home wireless plan, now might be the time. Until September 30, Optus is offering customers the chance to get their first three months of its 500GB home wireless plan for free. The plan usually costs $85 per month.

For those not familiar, home wireless broadband is a relatively new type of internet plan designed to get your house online using the same networks as your smartphone. If you're unhappy with the quality of your ADSL or NBN connection, wireless internet could be the solution, provided you're able to get a decent mobile signal at home.

This plan from Optus comes with a modem capable of connecting up to 64 devices. And while many competitor home wireless plans cap speeds at 12Mbps (equivalent to the slowest NBN speed tier), the Optus plan comes with no speed cap.

Real-world conditions like signal strength and network congestion may affect the speeds you can achieve at your home, but during our testing we found speeds between 20Mbps and 50Mbps were typical. For reference, 50Mbps is equivalent to the second-fastest NBN speed tier.

Optus' home wireless plan with 500GB is offered on a 24-month contract. However, Optus says that if you do want to leave early, you'll only need to pay out the remaining value of your modem.

The three month free promotion is also being offered on this plan coupled with a pocket WiFi modem, if you prefer a connection that it's a bit more portable.

If neither of these plans sound like they're for you, check out Optus' full home wireless plan range:

Optus Plus Everyday Basic 4G

4G Home Internet 14/4 Mbps
Unlimited Data
Deal: $44/mth for a year, then $59/mth or as notified. New services. Incl intro offer + extra $5/mth off. Min cost $260. Ends 6/10.

$44/mth

Min. cost $44

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$44/mth

Min. cost $44

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Jacqui Dent

Editorial Strategist

Jacqui Dent is an Editorial Content Strategist at WhistleOut Australia, where she writes about mobile phone plans, NBN plans and everything in between. Over her ten-year career, she has worked to provide informed advice to the public, first in the sphere of writing and now in the world of consumer tech. Jacqui has also written about consumer telco products for Business Insider, Pedestrian and the 50Up Club.

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