AGL Price Increase 2026Why Has Your NBN Bill Gone Up?

Prices from AGL's own Critical Information Summaries dated 14 November 2025 and 1 July 2026. Where AGL changed prices between those two dates, this table shows the total movement rather than any single increase.

Two things are worth pulling out of that table. The cheapest plan moved the most, both in dollars and by a distance in percentage terms: $11 a month on Home Basic is $132 a year, on the plan held by the customers least likely to go looking. And Home Basic's upload speed went up at the same time, from 25/5 to 25/10, so that one is not purely a price rise.

The plan named Home Fast X in November is now called Home Fast Fibre. Same 500Mbps tier, new name, so if you are comparing an old bill against AGL's current site, that is why the name does not match.

This is where it gets strange. Home Standard on NBN 50 costs $103 a month. Home Fast Fibre on NBN 500 costs $110.

That is $7 separating standard 50Mbps internet from a plan up to ten times faster.

Squeezed pricing like this is not unique to AGL. Wholesale costs have flattened at the top of the NBN range while entry-level and mid-tier plans keep creeping up, so most providers now show a small gap between their middle and fast tiers. The upshot: if you are paying $103 for NBN 50 and your address can take a faster connection, you are on the wrong plan at your own provider, let alone anyone else's.

Home Fast and Home Fast Fibre are both $110, and which one you can actually use comes down to your connection type and what your address supports. Home Fast runs on FTTN, FTTB, FTTC, FTTP and HFC. Home Fast Fibre needs FTTP or HFC. We have unpacked that, including how to check if you qualify for a free upgrade, in our NBN 100 vs NBN 500 explained guide.

Keep an active AGL energy plan and you get $15 a month off your NBN plan, bringing Home Standard down to $88 and Home Basic to $70. On paper that is $180 a year and a fair deal.

The catch sits in AGL's own terms: if you leave your AGL energy plan, the discount stops from the end of that billing period. Your internet price reverts to the full standalone rate.

That is a Loyalty Tax in the truest sense. Two services, one holding the other in place, and a decision about your power bill that quietly costs $180 a year on your internet. It also means any comparison you did at sign-up was of the bundled price, not the price the AGL internet price increase has left you on.

So, is AGL NBN any good? The network is fine. Aussie Broadband has a solid reputation for performance and support and you get that under the AGL branding. The question is not quality, it is whether $103 for NBN 50 still stacks up.

The AGL internet price increase does not make anyone else's connection better, and nobody's plan is faster because of who bills you. Every provider buys access to the same NBN Co network and resells it, so when a smaller one charges less for the same speed tier you are buying the same connection from a business not relying on customers staying put.

If you want a cheaper alternative to AGL NBN, two things decide whether you actually save. Your real speed tier, so you are not talking yourself into a downgrade. And the ongoing price, not a six month teaser that jumps back up later.

Bill Owl shows both. Every plan lists its promo price and its ongoing price, so nothing hides behind an introductory rate. View results three ways: "Cheaper plans (Same speed)", "Cheaper plans (Faster speeds)" or "The Owl's Choice". Sort by "Ongoing rate", "First year cost" or "Best deal rate". Bill Owl never ranks by commission, and sometimes the answer is that you are already on a decent deal, which is a good result too.

AGL NBN plans have no lock-in contract and no early termination fee, so leaving is mostly admin. Here is how to leave AGL NBN:

1. Pick the new plan first, don't cancel first.
2. Sign up with the new provider, who handles the transfer with NBN Co, and on most connections that closes the AGL service automatically.
3. Contact AGL to confirm the service is disconnected and ask for the final bill, since AGL's own help page says disconnections go through them.
4. Check the last invoice for any pro-rata or exit charges and whether the AGL energy bundle discount changes if the internet goes.

That fourth step matters if you bought a modem from AGL on a 12 or 24 month payment plan. AGL's terms say the remaining device charges are prorated to the day you cancel and then billed as a lump sum on your next bill, so leaving early brings that balance forward.

The AGL price increase 2026 is not the three-dollar nudge these things usually are. Home Basic is up $11 a month and Home Standard $9, which is $132 and $108 a year for a connection that did not change in any way you can see. The structure around it is worth noticing too: a $103 NBN 50 plan sitting $7 below a 500Mbps one, and a discount that vanishes the moment you change energy providers.

If you have been wondering why is my AGL bill so high, that is your answer. NBN price changes come around every year and the wholesale side is out of your hands. Checking whether the plan you signed up for is still the right one is not.