To help Australians respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, NBN Co is providing up to $50 million to assist phone and internet providers to support low-income family households with school-aged children who do not currently have an active NBN connection at home.

This funding will help phone and internet providers create more affordable offers to connect eligible families during Term 2. More than 20 phone and internet providers nationwide have agreed to participate in this program.

The assistance period runs from 1 April 2020 to 30 September 2020. Each phone and internet provider has their own pricing structure and may still charge a fee for monthly access, data costs and account set up fees.

Phone and internet providers that are ready to connect customers as of 1 May 2020 are:

Activ8me | https://www.activ8me.net.au/ - 132 288

Aussie Broadband | https://www.aussiebroadband.com.au - 1300 880 905

IPSTAR Broadband | https://ipstarbroadband.com.au/products/educationreliefoffer/ - 132 800

SkyMesh | https://www.skymesh.net.au - 1300 759 637

Superloop | https://www.superloop.com - 1800 101 210

Southern Phone | https://www.southernphone.com.au/ - 131464

Flip Connect | https://www.flipconnect.com.au/nbn/ - 1300 354 788

Full details re the NBN support are available here. It would be great if you were able to share this information with your school community, especially with any students and their families who you are aware don’t have access to the internet at home.

Regards,

Glenys McKay