00:00Even if you don't need it now, in five years' time or two years' time, if you do need it, it's ready to go and you can order the upgrade.
00:08From September 14th, NBN Co will begin rolling out faster internet speeds to millions of Aussie households, doubling the maximum rates available on select plans.
00:17If your home is on fibre-to-the-premises or hybrid fibre coaxial, 100 megabits per second may be boosted to 500 megabits per second download.
00:25Those on 250 megabit per second plans will get bumped to 750 megabit per second.
00:31Upload speeds will improve too, often doubling your speed to send data.
00:36But not everyone will benefit.
00:38Homes with older DSL modems or NBN fibre-to-the-curb and fibre-to-the-node technology may find they cannot tap into the upgrade.
00:46If you're not sure what connection you've got, it's worth checking your address's eligibility through the official NBN website.
00:52And considering a usually free or low-cost upgrade to your NBN equipment offered by your internet provider to get the full benefit.
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