{"id":31073,"date":"2026-10-13T13:45:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/?p=31073"},"modified":"2026-10-13T13:45:43","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T02:45:43","slug":"mate-moving-house-internet-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.letsbemates.com.au\/mate\/mate-moving-house-internet-checklist\/","title":{"rendered":"Moving House? How to Keep Your Internet Connected | MATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Moving House? Here\u2019s How to Keep Your Internet Connected<\/h2>\n

Moving house is hectic enough without spending your first week in the new place hotspotting off your phone. The real risk isn\u2019t losing your internet for good. It\u2019s a gap of days (sometimes weeks) between switching off at the old place and getting connected at the new one.
\nThe good news? That gap is almost always avoidable. It just comes down to doing the right things in the right order, and this moving house internet checklist walks you through it, week by week.
\nFirst step: check your new address<\/a> to see what\u2019s available there. It takes less than a minute.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your moving house internet checklist at a glance<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
When<\/th>\nWhat to do<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
4 weeks out<\/td>\nCheck your new address on the nbn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 weeks out<\/td>\nBook your connection and lock in the date<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2 weeks out<\/td>\nSort out any change in connection type<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 week out<\/td>\nWork out what equipment travels with you<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moving day<\/td>\nPack the modem last, set it up first<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
After you move<\/td>\nTest your connection and troubleshoot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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4 weeks out – check what is available at the new address<\/span><\/h2>\n

Before you do anything else, do an NBN address check on your new place. nbn Co recommends doing this more than 4 weeks before you move, and it\u2019s the single most useful thing you can do early on.<\/span><\/p>\n

An address check tells you three things:<\/span><\/p>\n