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Availability and price depend on your address. UK providers run over different full-fibre networks — Openreach, CityFibre and others — so the packages and prices you can actually get depend on which network reaches your street. Check your postcode with the provider before ordering — every link below goes to their availability checker.

How to compare broadband deals in the UK

Broadband is the one comparison where the cheapest headline price is most often the wrong answer. Two packages at the same monthly cost can differ by hundreds of pounds across a contract once setup fees, mid-contract price rises and contract length are counted — and the fastest package on the page may not even be available at your address.

Availability comes before price

UK broadband runs over several different full-fibre networks — Openreach, CityFibre, and a number of regional builders. Which packages you can buy depends entirely on which of those has reached your street, and that varies road by road, not town by town. This is why every link on this page goes to the provider's own postcode checker rather than straight to a basket. A price you cannot order is not a deal.

Total cost matters more than monthly cost

Most UK broadband is sold on 24-month contracts, and most providers raise prices during those contracts. A package advertised at £27.97 that rises by £3 every April costs considerably more over two years than the monthly figure suggests. We show the total cost over the full term on every package for exactly this reason — the cheapest monthly price and the cheapest total are not always the same package.

Advertised speeds are averages, not guarantees

Under Advertising Standards Authority and Ofcom rules, a provider must advertise the average download speed achieved by at least 50% of its customers at peak time, between 8pm and 10pm. That is the figure we show. It is not the maximum, and it is not guaranteed — your actual speed depends on your line, address, router and how many devices are connected.

What speed do you actually need?

Most households need far less than they are sold:

• 30–70 Mbps — one or two people, browsing and streaming
• 70–150 Mbps — a family, several devices, some 4K
• 150–500 Mbps — multiple 4K streams, gaming, home working
• 500 Mbps and above — large household, heavy uploads, creators

Upload speed is the figure most people ignore and some need most. If you work from home on video calls, back up large files or stream to an audience, upload matters more than download. Full fibre packages usually offer far better upload than part-fibre alternatives.

Broadband without mid-contract price rises

Most large UK providers raise prices annually during your contract, usually each March or April. Since January 2025, Ofcom rules require any in-contract rise to be stated in pounds and pence at the point of sale rather than as a percentage tied to inflation — which makes the real cost far easier to work out before you sign. A small number of providers do not raise prices mid-contract at all. Those packages carry a "No price rises" badge above; the ones that do rise show the amount in their details. Neither is automatically better, which is what the total cost figure is for.

Switching provider

Switching is handled by One Touch Switch: you contact the provider you want to move to, and they arrange everything with your current provider including the cancellation. You do not need to phone your existing supplier. Three things to check first:

• Exit fees. Leaving inside a contract usually costs the remaining monthly payments — it is often cheaper to wait a month.
• Your landline. The traditional phone network is being switched off, so check whether the new package includes digital voice.
• Your email address. If it is tied to your current provider you will usually lose it. Move to an independent provider first.

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