Methodology
Get GoodSort compares generally advertised Australian NBN plans from provider-published information. It is not a whole-of-market comparison or a live provider quote.
Published values need retained provider-source evidence and must pass automated validation. We withhold unsupported or failed values instead of guessing them. “Checked [date]” means an automated observation, not a manual verification.
Sources and freshness
We check provider sources on a schedule and retain dated source evidence. A failed or blocked check does not prove a plan has disappeared; we claim a plan is absent only with positive supporting evidence. A previously accepted plan may remain visible briefly with a stale warning. If it can no longer be supported, we withhold it from current results. The usual outer limit without reconfirmation is about 30 days.
Costs and ranking
Get GoodSort ranks only publishable plans. Affiliate status or commission never affects inclusion, comparison or ranking. “Best overall” blends first-year service cost, ongoing monthly price and provider-reported typical evening speed. First-year cost and Ongoing price sort by those named measures. “Best promos” shows only plans with a captured introductory period and an introductory monthly price below the ongoing price; it orders them by the lowest introductory monthly price, then the longer promotional period, then lower first-year cost. Tier pages may summarise these same views as a Get GoodSort pick, Best promo, Lowest 6-month total and Lowest 12-month total; the promo callout does not add another promo-price factor to the Best overall score.
First-year cost adds the first 12 months of supported service charges, including any supported introductory price. We add a setup fee only when its amount is known. An unknown fee is not assumed to be zero: the displayed figure then covers monthly service charges only and is not a complete total cost of ownership. Ongoing price is the monthly service price after a captured introductory period. Typical evening speed comes from the provider; Get GoodSort does not independently speed-test it.
Coverage and availability
Coverage depends on what we can support with evidence, so a missing plan is not necessarily unavailable. Get GoodSort compares the general market and does not check whether a plan is available at your address or on your NBN technology. Confirm availability, price and terms with the provider before signing up.
Questions
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