Internet in Charters Towers
Charters Towers is located in Queensland, postcode 4820. Unlike electricity and gas, internet retailers aren't tied to a single network provider here: pricing mostly comes down to which NBN technology is available at your address, the speed tier you choose, and your retailer's wholesale costs and margin.
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This suburb-level snapshot summarises 1,518 premises checked in the source dataset. Your individual address may differ.
| Connection type | Premises | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Fibre to the premises (FTTP) | 257 | 16.9% |
| Fibre to the node (FTTN) | 1,248 | 82.2% |
| Fixed wireless | 3 | 0.2% |
| Technology unavailable | 10 | 0.7% |
Charters Towers City still has 82% of premises on the older copper-based FTTN or FTTC network, which caps download speeds well below full fibre. Many of these addresses are now eligible for a free upgrade under NBN Co's Fibre Connect program, worth checking before you lock in a plan.
Source snapshot: August 2026. Data derived from Luke Prior's open-source NBN Upgrade Map and ultimately from NBN address-check results. Counts are indicative, are not official NBN coverage statistics, and can include unknown records. View source and methodology.