Satellite Broadband - Australian Broadband Guarantee Subsidy

Find out if you are eligible for the Government Subsidy?

Please visit Department of Broadband, Communications & The Digital Economy for more information. If you would like .Aussie Broadband to check eligibility for you, please fill out the form on the sign up now page and we will get back to you.

Aussie Broadband and the Australian Broadband Guarantee Subsidy

The services offered by .Aussie Broadband are subsidised by the Australian Federal Government "Australian Broadband Guarantee" (ABG) scheme.

Utilising the subsidy allows us to provide eligible customers with equipment and standard installation at only $99. Without the ABG subsidy this would not be economically possible. The ongoing monthly plan costs are also partly subsidised from the one-off ABG subsidy payment.

The ABG subsidy also provides a small amount towards infrastructure and ongoing costs associated with providing our satellite services.

Subsidy Eligibility

To receive an ABG subsidised service at your location you must be eligible under the ABG program guidelines for a Level 4 or Level 5 Grant. You must be a private dwelling or a small business with 20 or less full time employees that currently do not have access to a metro-comparable broadband service.

The ABG program offers incentive payments to registered broadband service providers so that they can offer metro-comparable broadband services to regional and rural people that do not have access to metro-comparable services.

For the purposes of the ABG, a metro-comparable service is one that offers at least a 512kb per second download speed and a 128kb upload speed, a monthly data allowance of at least 3GB and a total cost over 3 years, including connection and establishment charges, of $2500 (including GST) or less. If you do not have such a service available to you, you are generally eligible for a subsidised service with the ABG.

If you would like .Aussie Broadband to check eligibility for you, please fill out the form on the subsidy enquiry page and we will get back to you.