Best NBN 1000 plans: I've compared your options for ultrafast gigabit internet

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The best NBN 1000 plans will give you an incredibly fast internet connection at home. They're often referred to as 'ultrafast' or 'gigabit' NBN, because they are theoretically capable of up to 1,000Mbps download speeds.

This speed tier is no longer the fastest however, as you can now get NBN 2000 plans following a string of NBN speed upgrades that arrived in September 2025.

Those multi-gigabit plans are very much on the expensive side, and only a handful of providers are currently offering them. An NBN 1000 plan will still give you plenty of speed at home though, and as the ACCC's most recent Measuring Broadband Australia report (published December 2025) shows, the average download speed of this plan is 900.2Mbps during all hours of the day, and 896.3Mbps in the busier evening hours. Both figures represent increases of around 20Mbps over the report prior (published September 2025).

Another benefit that arrived with the speed upgrades in September last year was an increase to upload speed, which can prove useful for people carrying out video calls or uploading large files to cloud servers. The upload speed of NBN 1000 plans was boosted from 50Mbps to 100Mbps, and the ACCC's data found the average upload speed to be 91.7Mbps in the evening hours and 91.8Mbps during all hours of the day.

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Best overall NBN 1000 plan

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Superloop | 860Mbps | AU$85p/m (first 6 months, then AU$109p/m)

It might not be the cheapest, but in my mind, Superloop has the best NBN 1000 plan overall for a couple of reasons. Firstly, it's affordable, both in the first 6 months and ongoing. The average monthly cost is just over AU$115 at the time of writing, and Superloop's plan comes in well under that. Secondly, the ACCC's data has found the telco overdelivers on promised speed. It claims 860Mbps typical evening speeds, but the ACCC has recorded speeds of 923.7Mbps during all hours and 922.1Mbps in the busier evening hours. That makes for an incredibly compelling package, and one that should please most users.

• AU$85 minimum cost
• AU$1,164 first year cost
• AU$1,308 ongoing yearly cost

Cheapest NBN 1000 plan

Dodo nbn1000 | TES unavailable | AU$89.99p/m (first 12 months, then AU$109.99p/m)

Dodo is a new entrant here, as it has only just made an NBN 1000 plan available. As a result, it doesn't yet have enough data to quote a typical evening speed figure. That unknown may put you off, but what could sway you is the fact it's now the cheapest option for this speed tier, thanks to a generous 12-month discount that expires on February 24, 2026.

• AU$89.99 minimum cost
• AU$1,079.88 first year cost
• AU$1,319.88 ongoing yearly cost

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NBN 1000 FAQ

How fast is NBN 1000?

NBN 1000 is the ultimate speed tier offered on the NBN, with maximum download speeds of 1,000Mbps. However, the reality of the situation is that this maximum speed is much harder to reach than on other tiers.

In an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) report from December 2025, it was revealed that NBN 1000 plans experienced average speeds of 870.9Mbps to 879Mbps, an increase over previous reports.

How much does NBN 1000 cost?

The lowest price we’ve seen for an NBN 1000 plan is AU$85 a month, but a price such as this is only available for your first six months at a minimum. Removing any discounted offers from the equation, the average cost of a plan in this tier is currently just over AU$115.

Most providers in this speed tier offer a discount for your first six months, and in most cases, the price jumps up by about AU$20 once that period ends. If you were hoping for more affordable high-speed internet, you might be better served checking our fastest NBN plans guide which takes a look at the best NBN 100 plans and best NBN 250 plans as well.

Can I get NBN 1000?

Not all connection types will have access to this ultrafast internet. It’s available to those with a fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) connection, and in some cases, also those with hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) cable, but be sure to check with the provider.

What providers have NBN 1000?

When the NBN first rolled out, this speed tier didn’t exist for residential customers, but now there’s a host of telcos now offering the service. This includes the big players such as Telstra, Optus and TPG, as well as excellent smaller ISPs including Aussie Broadband, Flip and Superloop.

Max is a senior staff writer for TechRadar who covers home entertainment and audio first, NBN second and virtually anything else that falls under the consumer electronics umbrella third. He's also a bit of an ecommerce fiend, particularly when it comes to finding the latest coupon codes for a variety of publications. He has written for TechRadar's sister publication What Hi-Fi? as well as Pocket-lint, and he's also the editor of Australian Hi-Fi and Audio Esoterica magazines. Max also dabbled in the men's lifestyle publication space, but is now firmly rooted in his first passion of technology.