{"id":7817,"date":"2021-10-26T05:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T18:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=7817"},"modified":"2021-10-27T22:36:20","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T11:36:20","slug":"paying-too-much-for-slow-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/paying-too-much-for-slow-internet\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying Too Much for Slow Internet?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\u2019re looking to cut down your monthly bills, evaluating your internet costs could save you some cash.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7819\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/clock.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"128\" height=\"128\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/clock.png 128w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/clock-55x55.png 55w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/clock-75x75.png 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 128px) 100vw, 128px\" \/>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviews.org\/au\/au\/internet\/nbn-internet-speed-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reviews.org<\/a>, on average Australians spend 80 dollars a month on their home internet connection, so it\u2019s worth investigating if you could do better&#8230;or if you are paying for a service that offers more than you need.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first step is to take an online internet speed test see if you\u2019re getting what you pay for and what you need.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From there you can use a comparison website like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviews.org\/au\/au\/internet\/nbn-internet-speed-test\/\">reviews.org<\/a> to compare plans and costs from different service providers&#8230;then make change if you need to, ideally saving\u00a0 a few dollars while getting the right plan for your needs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-7818\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/REV_Lifetime-Cost-of-Being-Connected_1.1-AU-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/REV_Lifetime-Cost-of-Being-Connected_1.1-AU-1.png 801w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/REV_Lifetime-Cost-of-Being-Connected_1.1-AU-1-300x193.png 300w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/REV_Lifetime-Cost-of-Being-Connected_1.1-AU-1-150x97.png 150w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/REV_Lifetime-Cost-of-Being-Connected_1.1-AU-1-768x495.png 768w, https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/REV_Lifetime-Cost-of-Being-Connected_1.1-AU-1-85x55.png 85w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 801px) 100vw, 801px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019re looking to cut down your monthly bills, evaluating your internet costs could save you some cash. According to reviews.org, on average Australians spend 80 dollars a month on their home internet connection, so it\u2019s worth investigating if you could do better&#8230;or if you are paying for a service that offers more than you need. The first step is<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/paying-too-much-for-slow-internet\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7819,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[824],"tags":[2162,2163,2097],"class_list":["post-7817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-internet-speed-test","tag-nbn-providers","tag-reviews-org"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Paying Too Much for Slow Internet? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/paying-too-much-for-slow-internet\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Paying Too Much for Slow Internet? - Tech Daily with Andy Wells\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"If you\u2019re looking to cut down your monthly bills, evaluating your internet costs could save you some cash. 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