Hi there, I’m moving from Europe to Melbourne in a couple of weeks. Any recommendations for good phone contracts and home internet provider? I will do home office so I’ll need a decent internet connection at home.

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Think Telstra is still the best in terms of reliability and coverage for phone, but try Aussie Broadband if you can on home internet

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Do you know where you are going to live? If you’re not sure or think you might move around, maybe look at Vodafone or Optus 5G internet service. They are not available in all areas yet though.

I have Vodafone for mobile, but they have the best package for calling overseas included. It definitely struggles outside the major cities. My fiancé has Telstra, which is has greater signal across Australia but is way more expensive and less favourable for overseas calls. I would avoid Optus for now because they just had a massive data breach where current and former customers’ emails, phone numbers, addresses, DOBs, driver’s licences and passport numbers were stolen.

For internet, I’m not sure who we use, but i know we are connected to the NBN. It’s pretty reliable, although they have preplanned maintenance outages that I head into the office for. Not all housing is connected to the NBN though, and it takes some time to get connected.

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