Compare NBN Plans Brisbane: Find the best providers

According to ACCC data from September 2024, Queenslanders are on average enjoying 100% of their advertised download speeds and 88.1% of their upload speeds. If you live in Brisbane, the chances are good your home has access to the NBN via fixed-line technologies: either Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP), Hybrid Fibre Coaxial (HFC), Fibre-to-the-Curb (FTTC), Fibre-to-the-Building (FTTB) or Fibre-to-the-Node (FTTN).

With those technologies, most Brisbane homes can sign up for plans up to NBN 100, which is plenty of speed for the 2.5 average occupants per house or apartment. Compare NBN plans in Brisbane below.

If you’re looking for the best NBN internet provider in Brisbane, we recommend starting with Tangerine. Tangerine won the Internet Provider of the Year award in 2024 from our sister site WhistleOut. The NBN provider has a trend of offering competitive typical pricing and long-running promotional pricing for new customers alongside fast download and upload speeds.

Tangerine also has every major NBN speed tier covered: from cheaper but slower NBN 25 plans to popular NBN 50 and NBN 100 plans. If your Brisbane home is connected to the NBN via FTTP or HFC technologies, you’re eligible to sign up to Tangerine’s fastest NBN 250 and NBN 1000 plans. Tangerine also offers great extra, including an optional home phone, bundle SIM-only mobile plan (with cheaper combined fees) and a preconfigured modem-router or mesh WiFi system.

The NBN 50 speed tier has some of the best internet plans for the average Brisbane home. This speed tier allows for all web basics—browsing, online banking, social media, voice and video calls, etc.—and has support for up to two 4K video streams. NBN 50 can download a 10GB file in around 27 minutes and upload a 1GB file in around seven minutes.

The best NBN 100 plans in Brisbane are the fastest available speed tier for most homes. At twice the download speed and up to twice the upload speed of NBN 50, NBN 100 can do everything that NBN 50 can do but faster. NBN 100 handles up to four 4K streams and can download a 10GB file in just over 13 minutes or upload a 1GB file in under four minutes.

NBN 250 plans are for Brisbane homes connected to the NBN via FTTP or HFC technologies. These plans are up to 2.5 times faster than NBN for downloads, so they can handle up to 10 4K streams. But it’s really about the faster downloads: nab a 10GB file in under 5.5 minutes. Uploads aren’t much faster than NBN 50 and base NBN 100 plans at 25Mbps, so a 1GB file would take around 5.5 minutes at full upload speed.

If you’re in a Brisbane home that wants no-compromise download speeds, NBN 1000 plan may be of interest until NBN 2000 comes along (assuming it’s an FTTP or HFC abode). With download speeds up to 10 times faster than NBN 100, expect less waiting time, like nabbing a 10GB file in under 1.5 minutes. Uploads max out at 50Mbps, but that still means under three minutes to upload a 1GB file.

The best NBN deals in Brisbane come from NBN 25 plans. NBN 25 is for anyone living alone or in a home that doesn’t want to download/upload faster and isn’t into streaming across multiple devices. An NBN 25 plan can handle one 4K stream and download a 10GB file in just over 53 minutes. Upload speeds are capped at 5Mbps, so it’d take around 27 minutes to upload a 1GB file.

Eligible FTTN and FTTC homes in Queensland can get a free upgrade to FTTP, meaning they can access NBN 250 and NBN 1000 plans. If your address is eligible, you need to sign up for an NBN 100, NBN 250 or NBN 1000 plan to trigger the free upgrade.

Punch in your address on the NBN Co website to see if it’s eligible for a free fibre upgrade. Here’s a list of announced Brisbane suburbs that are set to receive free fibre upgrades.

• Acacia Ridge
• Anstead
• Arana Hills
• Ashgrove
• Augustine Heights
• Bardon
• Bellbowrie
• Boondall
• Bracken Ridge
• Bridgeman Downs
• Brookfield
• Bulimba
• Cannon Hill
• Carindale
• Carseldine
• Chermside
• Darra
• Drewvale
• Durack
• Eight Mile Plains
• Ellen Grove
• Fig Tree Pocket
• Forest Lake
• Fortitude Valley
• Geebung
• Gumdale
• Inala
• Kedron
• Kenmore Hills
• Keperra
• Kuraby
• Mansfield
• Milton
• Moggill
• Newstead
• Norman Park
• Oxley
• Paddington
• Pallara
• Pullenvale
• Robertson
• Rochedale
• Rochedale South
• Runcorn
• Salisbury
• Seventeen Mile Rocks
• Sinnamon Park
• Stafford
• Stretton
• Sumner
• Sunnybank
• Sunnybank Hills
• Teneriffe
• The Gap
• Tingalpa
• Toowong
• Upper Kedron
• Virginia
• Wakerley
• Wavell Heights
• Willawong
• Yeerongpilly
• Zillmere