Optus Mobile Review ALDI Mobile Review Amaysim Mobile Review Belong Mobile Review Circles.Life Review Vodafone Mobile Review Woolworths Mobile Review Felix Mobile Review Best iPhone Plans Best Family Mobile Plans Best Budget Smartphones Best Prepaid Plans Best SIM-Only Plans Best Plans For Kids And Teens Best Cheap Mobile Plans Telstra vs Optus Mobile Optus NBN Review Belong NBN Review Vodafone NBN Review Superloop NBN Review Aussie BB NBN Review iiNet NBN Review MyRepublic NBN Review TPG NBN Review Best NBN Satellite Plans Best NBN Alternatives Best NBN Providers Best Home Wireless Plans What is a Good NBN Speed? Test NBN Speed How to speed up your internet Optus vs Telstra Broadband ExpressVPN Review CyberGhost VPN Review NordVPN Review PureVPN Review Norton Secure VPN Review IPVanish VPN Review Windscribe VPN Review Hotspot Shield VPN Review Best cheap VPN services Best VPN for streaming Best VPNs for gaming What is a VPN? VPNs for ad-blocking Telstra has the biggest 5G network. Optus was the first to offer unlimited-data plans for 5G home broadband . And now Vodafone has entered the fray, offering 5G across all its mobile plans and expanding into the 5G home internet arena. While this is great news if you’re in an area with Vodafone 5G signal, it’s hard to overlook the reality that the Vodafone 5G network is likely to be the smallest of the three in Australia for the foreseeable future. Activate the map below to check Vodafone 5G availability by location (use the drop-down menu to switch to Optus or Telstra 5G). You can track the ongoing progress of the rollout on this Vodafone 5G support page. There are two options to choose from here. The first of these is the Vodafone Ultimate 5G Internet Plan. This 5G Home Internet plan is priced at $75/month. In contrast to Telstra, Vodafone’s 5G Home Internet plan comes with unlimited data. Of course, the catch here is that your speeds are capped out at 100Mbps whereas the Telstra 5G network can reach far higher. Of course, being able to realise those faster speeds remains contingent on having decent 5G connectivity to begin with. Still, Vodafone do throw in the first month and a Nokia FastMile 5G Gateway modem-router for free and will strike out the price of the latter if you stick with them for the full 36-months. If you’re already on a mobile plan with Vodafone, the telco will knock $5 off the monthly cost of a 5G Home Internet plan as a thank you for your brand loyalty. If you do want to stick to Vodafone when it comes to mobile broadband plans, check out the popular picks from its four 4G plans below. When you first plug in the modem and connect to a 5G signal, an LED ring will flash in the direction where the signal is strongest, helping you find the optimal spot in your home or apartment and get the most stable 5G signal you can. The modem also has 4G/LTE back-up for when the 5G reception isn’t too crash hot, which is an important inclusion this early in the 5G rollout. In the meantime, you can use the widget below to see the most popular plans on the Vodafone network below (across SIM Only and Prepaid plans). If you’re after the short version, here’s a list of the major differences between 4G and 5G: Even this early on in the 5G rollout, the next-generation mobile network has provided much faster speeds on average than the existing 4G network. Of course, when it comes to 5G speeds, the biggest factor isn’t what kind of plan you have so much as where you are physically located. Regardless of whether you’re going with Vodafone or another 5G-capable provider, your location relative to the reach of their respective network and the strength of your connection is going to have a clear impact on the speeds you can reach. Another key detail is the plan you’re on. At the time of writing, mobile 5G plans tend to come with more speed caps and caveats than their 5G home internet counterparts. For a deeper comparison of the two network technologies and a further breakdown of real-world speed improvements, head over to our 5G vs 4G guide.
