From today, the NBN is getting its biggest speed upgrade ever.

In changes that were first announced in March last year , NBN download and upload speeds are set to skyrocket for users on fixed-line connections. Many plans today will double or triple in speed at no extra cost to consumers, though the changes may take a few days to work through as providers like Telstra and Optus work through the changes. Here’s what you need to know.

NBN Co chief executive Ellie Sweeney. Credit: Max Mason-Hubers

What are the changes?

The speed upgrades will automatically be applied to NBN customers with fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) or hybrid fibre coaxial (HFC) connections, and on plans of download speeds of 100 megabits or faster. Under the changes, 100 megabit download plans are going up to 500,

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