Superloop, one of our favorite Internet Service Providers (ISPs) here at TechRadar – and recipient of our Best High Speed NBN Provider award – has recently made a couple of announcements that could have a big impact on how much you pay for internet over the next 24 months.
First, the telco has announced that it will raise prices on the majority of its NBN plan from July 1 as a direct response to the wholesale price increases introduced by NBN Co. We already knew the wholesale price increases were coming, so it’s not one fight surprise to hear that Superloop is passing the cost on to consumers. We fully expect most other NBN providers to follow suit.
The small saving is that Superloop won’t increase the cost of its NBN 100, NBN 500 or NBN 750 plans, at least not for the coming financial year. What it chooses to do for FY27 is anyone’s guess right now.
This means that price increases are only applied to NBN 25, NBN 50, NBN 250, NBN 1000 and NBN 2000 plans. Prices will rise from as low as AU$3 per month and up to AU$6 per month. The biggest increase will apply to the NBN 25 plan, which will set you back AU$78p/m after any introductory costs. For context, the NBN 50 plan (with double speed) will sell for AU$89p/m, while the faster NBN 100 and NBN 500 plans will cost AU$95 (no change).
So it’s clear that upgrading to a faster plan will make more financial sense than ever, with an AU$17 gap between a 25Mbps plan and one that offers up to 500Mbps download speeds (if you have the right connection type to support them).
The full table of Superloop NBN plan price increases from 1 July is below.
|
Speed level |
Current price |
New price from 1 July |
Change |
|---|---|---|---|
|
NBN 12 |
AU$59 |
AU$62 |
AU$3 |
|
NBN 25 |
AU$72 |
AU$78 |
AU$6 |
|
NBN 50 |
AU$85 |
AU$89 |
AU$4 |
|
NBN 100 |
AU$95 |
AU$95 |
No change |
|
NBN 500 |
AU$95 |
AU$95 |
No change |
|
NBN 750 |
AU$104 |
AU$104 |
No change |
|
NBN 1000 |
AU$109 |
AU$114 |
AU$5 |
|
NBN 2000 |
AU$165 |
AU$168 |
AU$3 |
|
NBN 250 |
AU$99 |
AU$102 |
AU$3 |
How to avoid the price increases
While the planned price increases won’t come as too much of a surprise, they will no doubt be hard to resist for many customers – both those already contracted with Superloop and any potential customers who were considering switching to the well-regarded telco.
Fortunately, Superloop offers a way to avoid them, at least for the next 24 months, with a feature called PriceLock.
PriceLock does exactly what it suggests; it allows you to lock in a monthly fee for two years for a one-time fee of AU$25. If you were to sign up for Superloop today and activate PriceLock, you would effectively avoid the July increases.
But the amount you can actually save with PriceLock depends primarily on which NBN plan you have. Given that the NBN 100, NBN 500 and NBN 750 plans will not receive a price increase from July 1, this means there is no real point in activating PriceLock.
That said, Superloop could increase costs in 2027, in which case locking in the current price would be worth it. For a one-time fee of AU$25, it would still be worth enabling the feature, in our opinion. It would at least give you peace of mind to know how much your monthly NBN bill will be for the next two years.
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A best time to sign
If you remove PriceLock from the equation, now is still a good time to consider switching to Superloop. The telco is offering a couple of EOFY deals on its NBN plans, giving you the chance to buy one Eero 7 modem and receive another completely free – ideal for building a mesh Wi-Fi system for greater network coverage at home.
What’s more, all Superloop NBN plans have a six-month introductory price, which will also help you avoid the planned price increases for a short time. When the introductory offer ends, you’ll pay the new price, provided you choose one of the plans that go up.
I’ve chosen my two favorite Superloop plans below, but be sure to check out the full selection in the price comparison tool.
