Australian-owned NBN provider Mate is really hoping to be your new best mate with the announcement of an epic six-month discount across all of its NBN plans — a discount that’ll see you saving a not-so-insignificant AU$180.
Despite price increases affecting the vast majority of the best NBN plans since July 1, many of Australia’s internet service providers (ISPs) have since been offering big discounts or bonus value with their plans – we’ve even seen Buddy Telco launch as a more budget-focused offshoot of Aussie Broadband.
That’s now especially true of Mate, which is offering new customers an AU$30 per month saving for the first six months of any NBN service. Plus this saving comes with the potential to knock off an extra AU$10p/m for an indefinite period when bundled with a SIM-only plan. That means in the first six months of a new Mate NBN plan you could save a massive AU$240.
Focusing on just the AU$30p/m saving on an NBN plan, it makes Mate one of the cheapest providers on NBN 25, NBN 50 and NBN 100 plans over the first 12 months.
We have also noticed that to coincide with the latest promotion, Mate has increased the regular cost of its NBN plans by AU$5p/m. This does mean it’s not the cheapest overall provider during each ongoing year; but with a string of positive reviews online praising the telco’s Australian-based support team, you may not feel the need to switch.
Mate’s AU$30p/m saving also applies to its NBN 250 plan, but we’re less keen to recommend it since it only claims 202Mbps typical evening speeds, as opposed to the 250Mbps theoretical maximum. All other NBN providers we monitor, bar one, claim much higher speeds at lower monthly costs.
Aside from being eligible for an extra AU$10p/m saving when bundled with a SIM-only plan – which start at AU$25p/m – Mate also offers a one-month money-back guarantee, in which it will refund your plan fee if you’re not completely satisfied with your service. We’re not aware of many (or any) other telcos offering this service, which is a big tick in our book.
You also have the option of buying a modem from Mate for a one-off AU$165 fee, or you can bring your own.
If you wish to sign up for a Mate NBN plan, don’t forget to add the code MATE30 at checkout to score the full savings.