No Contract Broadband Plans
NBN Sky Muster - 150GB Standard
- No Lock-in Contract
- 15GB peak, 135GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup and cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN Sky Muster - 150GB Sonic
- No Lock-in Contract
- 15GB peak, 135GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN Sky Muster - 175GB Standard
- No Lock-in Contract
- 45GB peak, 130GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN Sky Muster - 175GB Sonic
- No Lock-in Contract
- 45GB peak, 130GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN Sky Muster - 300GB Standard
- No Lock-in Contract
- 65GB peak, 235GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN Sky Muster - 300GB Sonic
- No Lock-in Contract
- 65GB peak, 235GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
- 25GB Off-peak & peak data
- No Lock-in Contract
- 25Mbps+ typical evening speed
- Peak is throughout the day from 7am to 1am and off-peak is late night from 1am to 7am
- Typical evening speed subject to network capacity
NBN Sky Muster Plus - 50GB PLUS
- No Lock-in Contract
- 25GB peak & off peak data
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Powered by nbn™ Sky Muster™ Plus
- Unmetered content: basic web browsing, OS updates, email
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN SL Voice Basic Bundle
- No Lock-in Contract
- Pre-paid service
- High speed Wi-Fi Modem
- Pay as you go calls
- Call pack options available
- Control your service online
- Cost of a 2 min standard national mobile call: $1.17 (inc. call connection)
- Optional voice add-ons: Oz Talk ($10), Big Talk ($10) & Extra Talk ($20)
- Setup $99.95
- Voice Prepayment Outside Included Value $20
- Equipment Delivery Fee $10
- Additional once off $300 nbn™ New Development charge applies if your premises is identified by nbn™ as being within the site boundary of a new development.
- Inc. $5/mth Discount
- 24 Month Contract
- Internet & home phone
- Unlimited local & national calls
- Included modem
- 10Mbps typical evening speed
- Includes nbnTM broadband $45, 100GB Data (S)
- VoIP (M)
- $5 discount from nbnTM plan. Discounted rate ($40)
- Limited Offer Plan reverts to Standard monthly fee of $45 after 24 months
NBN Sky Muster - 225GB Standard
- No Lock-in Contract
- 80GB peak, 145GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
- $10 off w/ electricity & gas on certain areas
- 12 Month Contract
- No setup & modem fees
- Includes landline service w/ pay as you go calls
- Pay as you go calls or add calling packs from $10/month
- 20Mbps typical evening speed during 7pm - 11pm
- Up to 4 devices
- Music streaming
- HD video streaming
- Online gaming
- $10 off w/ electricity & gas on selected areas
- No Lock-in Contract
- Includes landline service w/ pay as you go calls
- Pay as you go calls or add calling packs from $10/mth
- 20Mbps typical evening speed during 7pm - 11pm
- Up to 4 devices
- Music streaming
- HD video streaming
- Online gaming
- No Lock-in Contract
- Landline w/ pay as you go calls
- 20Mbps average sampled evening speed
- Add $10 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls
- Add $30 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls + 2000 International minutes
NBN Sky Muster Plus - 100GB PLUS
- No Lock-in Contract
- 50GB peak & off peak data
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Powered by nbn™ Sky Muster™ Plus
- Unmetered content: basic web browsing, OS updates, email
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN Sky Muster - 225GB Sonic
- No Lock-in Contract
- 80GB peak, 145GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
NBN SL Voice Standard Plus Bundle
- No Lock-in Contract
- Pre-paid service
- High speed Wi-Fi Modem
- Pay as you go calls
- Call pack options available
- Control your service online
- Cost of a 2 min standard national mobile call: $1.17 (inc. call connection)
- Optional voice add-ons: Oz Talk ($10), Big Talk ($10) & Extra Talk ($20)
- Setup $99.95
- Voice Prepayment Outside Included Value $20
- Equipment Delivery Fee $10
- Additional once off $300 nbn™ New Development charge applies if your premises is identified by nbn™ as being within the site boundary of a new development.
- 50GB Off-peak & peak data
- No Lock-in Contract
- 25Mbps+ typical evening speed
- Peak is throughout the day from 7am to 1am and off-peak is late night from 1am to 7am
- Typical evening speed subject to network capacity
- Inc. $5/mth Discount
- 24 Month Contract
- Internet & home phone
- Unlimited local & national calls
- Included modem
- 10Mbps typical evening speed
- Includes nbnTM broadband $55, Unlimited Data
- VoIP (M)
- $5 discount from nbnTM plan. Discounted rate ($50)
- Limited Offer Plan reverts to Standard monthly fee of $55 after 24 months
- No Lock-in Contract
- Online gameplay
- HD video streaming
- Landline w/ pay as you go calls
- 41Mbps average sampled evening speed
- Add Fetch from $10/mth with 1 premium channel pack
- Add $10 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls
- Add $30 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls + 2000 International minutes
- $13 Off on the first 6 months.
- 12 Month Contract
- No setup & modem fees
- Add Fetch from $25/mth for 12 mths + your choice of channel pack
- Pay as you go calls or add calling packs from $10/month
- 41Mbps average sampled evening speed
- Up to 4-6 devices
- Music streaming
- HD video streaming
- Online gaming
- Inc. $20/mth Discount
- 24 Month Contract
- Internet & home phone
- Unlimited local, national & mobile calls
- Included modem
- 19Mbps typical evening speed
- Unlimited nbnTM Broadband Standard $75/mth
- VoIP Large $30
- Bundle $75 limited offer includes a $20 per month discount for the first 24 months then this bundle plan reverts back to $95 per month
- Free BINGE Standard for 3 months
- No Lock-in Contract
- Buy online: no connection fee
- #1 provider to stream Netflix
- Telstra Smart Modem included (with 4G back up)
- Unlimited standard local, national and Australian mobile calls
- 30-day NBN satisfaction guarantee
- Broadband Protect: Online security to keep your family safe
- Telstra Air® included
- $13 Off on the first 6 months.
- No Lock-in Contract
- Pay as you go calls or add calling packs from $10/mth
- 41Mbps average sampled evening speed
- Up to 4-6 devices
- Music streaming
- HD video streaming
- Online gaming
- No Lock-in Contract
- Optus Sport monthly subscription included
- Stream Premier League, K League & more live and on-demand
- 44Mbps typical evening speed
- Landline with PAYG calls
- Pay no modem cost if you stay connected for 36 months
- Option to add Fetch Mini for $5/month
- Add $10 for unlimited local, national & mobile calls
- No Lock-in Contract
- Ideal for households of 3-4
- For gaming & video streaming
- 38Mbps typical evening speed
NBN SL Voice Premium Bundle
- No Lock-in Contract
- Pre-paid service
- High speed Wi-Fi Modem
- Pay as you go calls
- Call pack options available
- Control your service online
- Cost of a 2 min standard national mobile call: $1.17 (inc. call connection)
- Optional voice add-ons: Oz Talk ($10), Big Talk ($10) & Extra Talk ($20)
- Setup $99.95
- Voice Prepayment Outside Included Value $20
- Equipment Delivery Fee $10
- Additional once off $300 nbn™ New Development charge applies if your premises is identified by nbn™ as being within the site boundary of a new development.
- Free BINGE Standard for 3 months
- No Lock-in Contract
- 20,000 Telstra Plus Bonus Points
- Buy online: no connection fee
- #1 provider to stream Netflix
- Telstra Smart Modem included (with 4G back up)
- Unlimited standard local, national and Australian mobile calls
- Stream it all on the new Telstra TV
- 30-day NBN satisfaction guarantee
- Broadband Protect: Online security to keep your family safe
- Telstra Air® included
- $11 Off on the first 6 months.
- 12 Month Contract
- No setup & modem fees
- Add Fetch from $25/mth for 12 mths + your choice of channel pack
- Pay as you go calls or add calling packs from $10/month
- 82Mbps typical evening speed during 7pm - 11pm
- Up to 6-9 devices
- Music streaming
- Online gaming
- 4K video streaming
- Inc. $20/mth Discount
- 24 Month Contract
- Internet & home phone
- Unlimited local, national & mobile calls
- Includes modem
- 38Mbps typical evening speed
- Unlimited nbnTM Broadband Turbo $75/mth
- VoIP Large $30
- Bundle $85 limited offer includes a $20 per month discount for the first 24 months then this bundle plan reverts back to $105 per month
- $11 Off on the first 6 months.
- No Lock-in Contract
- Pay as you go calls or add calling packs from $10/mth
- 82Mbps typical evening speed during 7pm - 11pm
- Up to 6-9 devices
- Music streaming
- Online gaming
- 4K video streaming
NBN Sky Muster - 250GB Standard
- No Lock-in Contract
- 90GB peak, 160GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
- No Lock-in Contract
- Multiple players gaming online
- 4K video streaming
- Landline w/ pay as you go calls
- 82Mbps average sampled evening speed
- Add Fetch from $10/mth with 1 premium channel pack
- Add $10 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls
- Add $30 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls + 2000 International minutes
- No Lock-in Contract
- Optus Sport monthly subscription included
- Stream Premier League, K League & more live and on-demand
- 44Mbps typical evening speed
- Fetch Mighty included w/ 1 Premium Channel pack
- Landline with PAYG calls
- Pay no modem cost if you stay connected for 36 months
- Add $10 for unlimited local, national & mobile calls
Min Cost - $306 over 1 mth. New customers only.
- New customers: $20/mth credit for 6 mths
- $30/mth off speed add-ons for 6mths! Ends 31/07
- Free BINGE Standard for 3 months
- No Lock-in Contract
- Buy online: no connection fee
- #1 provider to stream Netflix
- Telstra Smart Modem included (with 4G back up)
- Unlimited standard local, national and Australian mobile calls
- 30-day NBN satisfcation guarantee
- Broadband Protect: Online security to keep your family safe
- 100Mbps typical evening speed
- Telstra Air® included
- Free BINGE Standard for 3 months
- Buy online: no connection fee
- No Lock-in Contract
- #1 provider to stream Netflix
- Telstra Smart Modem included (with 4G back up)
- Unlimited standard local, national and Australian mobile calls
- 30-day NBN satisfaction guarantee
- Broadband Protect: Online security to keep your family safe
- 50Mbps typical evening speed
- Telstra Air® included
NBN Sky Muster - 250GB Sonic
- No Lock-in Contract
- 90GB peak, 160GB off peak data
- No excess usage
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Australian-based phone support
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
- No Lock-in Contract
- Ideal for households of 3+
- For gaming & HD video streaming
- 76Mbps typical evening speed
NBN Sky Muster Plus - 150GB PLUS
- No Lock-in Contract
- 75GB peak & off peak data
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Powered by nbn™ Sky Muster™ Plus
- Unmetered content: basic web browsing, OS updates, email
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
- Free BINGE Standard for 3 months
- Xbox One S console with 4K Ultra HD streaming
- No Lock-in Contract
- Access to over 100 games
- Buy online: no connection fee
- Telstra Smart Modem included (with 4G back up)
- Unlimited standard local, national and Australian mobile calls
- Stream it all on the new Telstra TV
- 30-day NBN satisfaction guarantee
- Broadband Protect: Online security to keep your family safe
- Telstra Air® included
- 10GB mobile data
- 24 Month Contract
- Internet, mobile & home phone
- Unlimited mobile talk & text
- Includes modem
- Unlimited local, national & mobile calls
- 100GB Off-peak & peak data
- No Lock-in Contract
- 25Mbps+ typical evening speed
- Peak is throughout the day from 7am to 1am and off-peak is late night from 1am to 7am
- Typical evening speed subject to network capacity
NBN Sky Muster Plus - 200GB PLUS
- No Lock-in Contract
- 100GB peak & off peak data
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Powered by nbn™ Sky Muster™ Plus
- Unmetered content: basic web browsing, OS updates, email
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
- No Lock-in Contract
- 8K video streaming
- Multiple video conferences
- Landline w/ pay as you go calls
- Add Fetch from $10/mth with 1 premium channel pack
- Add $10 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls
- Add $30 for Unlimited Landline & Mobile calls + 2000 International minutes
NBN Sky Muster Plus - 250GB PLUS
- No Lock-in Contract
- 125GB peak & off peak data
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Powered by nbn™ Sky Muster™ Plus
- Unmetered content: basic web browsing, OS updates, email
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
- 150GB Off-peak & peak data
- No Lock-in Contract
- 25Mbps+ typical evening speed
- Peak is throughout the day from 7am to 1am and off-peak is late night from 1am to 7am
- Typical evening speed subject to network capacity
NBN Sky Muster Plus - 300GB PLUS
- No Lock-in Contract
- 150GB peak & off peak data
- No setup & cancellation fees
- Powered by nbn™ Sky Muster™ Plus
- Unmetered content: basic web browsing, OS updates, email
- BYO router or purchase from Activ8me (additional $15 delivery charge)
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Last audited 31 March 2021
No Contract Broadband – Better Than Ever
If there’s one thing we can be immensely grateful to the NBN for, it’s the rapid rise of broadband plan offerings that are available without having to agree to a long-term contract. Not too long ago, many people would have to be permanently locked into 12- or 24-month contracts just to get connected to the internet. Those days are vanishing fast, and that’s good news for you, the customer.
It’s not too hard to see why – in the pre-NBN years, the idea of offering plans on a contract got so popular. It all started with the rather sizeable connection fee that you were up for when connecting to ADSL broadband – a fee your provider couldn’t avoid, even if they owned their own ADSL hardware at your local phone exchange.
Getting you connected meant a Telstra tech had to physically visit the exchange to make changes to your phone line, which of course came at a cost, and that was naturally passed on to the customer via their internet service of choice. But nobody likes the idea of paying a hefty up-front fee just to set up a service so they can pay someone to use it. Plans on a contract soon followed, with the promise of discounted or even free connection if you agreed to stay connected for a length of time.
The problem with contracts
There’s nothing out of the ordinary about contracts in the communications world. As anyone who’s gotten a mobile phone on a plan knows all too well, the contract is part of the reason the provider is able to provide the service in the first place. If you sign up for a broadband service that costs your provider money to connect, the only way they’re going to make that initial fee back is either by passing the cost directly on to you, or making it back over time.
All fair enough, but it doesn’t take into account the way real life works. Unlike a mobile phone contract, a broadband connection is tied to the one address. If you move house, you’re going to have no choice but to finish that contract early. And with such a large percentage of the population renting, a 2-year contract can be hard to feel good about when your lease is only for 12 months.
In the end, most providers will let you out of the contract at no penalty… if you agree to a new contract at the address you’re going to. You could end up stuck with the one provider for years, unable to switch to a better priced competitor without paying a hefty penalty.
How the NBN changed everything
Most people think of the NBN as a national network designed to improve broadband speeds via newer technology – and of course it very much is. But the NBN was also designed to do something else – to replace the monopoly-owned copper phone network with a brand new, government-owned one. And one of the little-mentioned side benefits of that was the lack of hefty connection fees for customers coming on to the network.
Now, of course that didn’t stop some providers from persisting with contract plans anyway, often just levying their own made-up “activation fee” or similar as a driver to get you to commit to a contract. But competition’s been taking care of that, and today you’ll find a huge range of plans at many and varied providers, all available without committing to a contract.
Competition has even seen no-contract plans make their way to legacy ADSL connections, so even those who are still impatiently waiting for the NBN to arrive don’t have to miss out.
Compare prices and inclusions
Even though finding a great-value broadband plan without a lock-in contract is easier than ever, it does pay to compare prices on providers’ web sites to see if there’s a difference in price or key features between the no-contract Broadband plan and the equivalent plan on a contract. As time goes on, such differences are becoming more and more rare, but they’re often still there in some form.
Some may offer an incentive to agree to a contract – such as with Dodo’s offer of waived $120 upfront costs if you go on a 12-month contract. In other cases, you’ll have free inclusions, like with Telstra and the waived Smart Modem fees if you stay with them for 24 months. iPrimus will also waive your set-up and modem fees if you lock it in for 12 months, saving you over a hundred bucks in upfront costs. Otherwise, almost all providers offer a no lock-in contract option.
You have the power of choice
Aside from being greatly preferable for renters and others who have reasons for not wanting to commit to a years-long deal, no-contract plans have another major benefit – they give you control. When you sign up for a broadband provider, you’re taking a lot on trust – how good their network is, how fast their peak-hour speeds are and even how helpful their customer service is. If you’re on a no-contract plan and you find your new provider to not be up to scratch, you can switch. That’s power that consumers haven’t really had with broadband until recently, and it’s very welcome in what is becoming an extremely crowded field of new and veteran broadband providers.
And of course, the provider you choose won’t want you to get to the point of wanting to switch – so they’re more likely to make the extra effort to deliver good service, at least in theory.
Are there any risks?
The long-term contracts that so many of us are used to from broadband providers have always been there to serve one side – the provider. There’s nothing wrong with choosing a contract plan if you know you’ll be around for the full term, and in return you might get a small discount or some extras. But for many, heading straight for the no-contract plans is the most sensible decision, especially when you’re trying out a new provider for the first time.
And once you’re connected, be sure to keep an eye out for new, even better deals, as the broadband world gets more and more competitive and costs come down. Without a contract to tie you down, you’ll now have the power to compare, switch and save even more money in the process.
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Activ8Me Broadband Review: Everything you need to know
Delivering fast broadband to all corners of Australia via the full range of broadband technologies, Activ8Me brings broadband to the people.
