Last chance to score a month of free NBN – Buddy Telco's birthday offer ends this weekend

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Is your current NBN service not living up to expectation? Do you like free things? If you answered yes to both of these questions, then Buddy Telco's current offer of one-month of free NBN is for you, but you'll need to hurry, it expires at 11.59pm AEST on Sunday, 31 August.

Buddy Telco's offer coincides with its first birthday, having launched as a more budget-friendly offshoot of Aussie Broadband in July 2025. Since then, it's offered nothing but great value and regularly appears in my guide to the best NBN plans.

The offer of a month of free NBN applies to all of Buddy’s plans when you use the code FIRSTMONTHFREE – the telco has options from 25Mbps through to 1,000Mbps – but it’s the NBN 50 and NBN 1000 plans that have caught my attention in particular.

How so? Firstly, with the discount applied, Buddy’s NBN 50 plan becomes the outright cheapest available right now at just AU$825 for the first year. The telco was already the cheapest during each ongoing year of all the providers I monitor, and that continues to be the case.

Buddy | NBN 50 | 49Mbps | AU$75p/m (first month free)

Buddy’s AU$75p/m monthly charge for its NBN 50 plan is more expensive than many other providers, owing to those offering six-month introductory discounts. However, thanks to the one-month free offer and the fact its AU$75 monthly fee is the cheapest of all ongoing rates, it majorly undercuts its peers in yearly costs.

In fact, Buddy can confidently claim to have the cheapest NBN 50 plan available right now. An NBN 50 plan is perfect for households of 2 to 4 people, with enough bandwidth for 4K streaming and social media scrolling.

• AU$825 first year cost
• AU$900 ongoing yearly cost

• View more of the best NBN 50 plans

As for Buddy’s NBN 1000 plan, again, it already provides great value at just AU$99 a month. Now with a AU$99 saving applied, it represents astonishingly good value, considering the impressive 875Mbps download speed claim. One of the fastest NBN plans for one of the lowest prices? You can’t say no to that.

Buddy | NBN 1000 | 875Mbps | AU$99p/m (first month free)

Buddy’s NBN 1000 plan has been my favourite ever since it launched a year ago, so to see it come down in price even further makes it a no brainer if you ask me. The telco’s 875Mbps typical evening speed claim is one of the fastest in the country, and I’ve read real customer reviews confirming they achieve speeds over 900Mbps. If lightning-fast internet is your jam, this is the plan for you.

• AU$1,089 first year cost
• AU$1,188 ongoing yearly cost

• View more of the best NBN 1000 plans

Buddy Telco also offers a NBN 25 and a NBN 100 plan, and you can compare all the available plans in the price comparison widget below. Please note that the widget doesn't mention the offer, but when you click through, you'll see it on the Buddy website.

Buddy's NBN service has evolved since it launched. Initially, you weren't able to add a modem, but if you do need a new one, you can now select an eero 6+ to your order for either a AU$180 upfront payment for a single unit, or a payment plan of AU$15p/m for 12 months. Do note that customers who connect via fibre to the building (FTTB) connection aren’t eligible.

The telco has also introduced an Australia-based live chat support team – an upgrade from the AI-only chatbot available at launch – should you need any technical help with your service. If you need help outside the hours of 11am to 7pm AEST, the AI chatbot is on standby to help answer questions.

Buddy Telco was already an attractive option for anyone looking for a new NBN plan, but this new first-month-free offer makes it an outstanding proposition. All I have left to say is, happy birthday, Buddy.

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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.

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