You can compare hundreds of broadband deals from BT broadband, EE broadband, NOW, Onestream, Plusnet, SKY, TalkTalk, Trooli, O2 Virgin, Vodafone, Zen, Zzoomm. Plus local broadband deals from the UK’s fastest full fibre providers.
If your internet is slow and expensive, check the latest broadband offers where you live, remember we are here to help you get a better deal!
You can still get nationally available broadband for less than £25 per month, this includes broadband deals with popular UK broadband providers like NOW, Onestream, Trooli & Vodafone.
If you live in a city or town and can get a full fibre connection, we recommend you check fibre broadband availability in your area. We’ve found some super-fast broadband deals for under £20 per month with Gigaclear, Community Fibre & Hyperoptic.
Full Fibre 75 (69 – 75 Mbs) £24
Full Fibre 100 (100 – 108 Mbs) £26
24 month contract
£0 setup/activation
Fibre 40 (35 – 38 Mbps) £19
Fibre 80 (67 – 70 Mbps) £20
24 month contract
£4.95 setup/activation
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(Source: WOW Compare Broadband – Prices updated November 2024)
* Quoted speeds are estimated speeds, prices may be subject to a one-off router delivery charge, plus connection fee if there is no existing line. Prices may increase each April, and at the end of the contract period.
** Home phone and calls packages not included but can be added if needed.
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Struggling with bills? If you are claiming certain benefits you could qualify for cheaper broadband social tariffs. Social tariffs are not listed on comparison sites, they need to be applied for directly. Broadband social tariffs start from just £12.50 per month!
Find out more about broadband social tariffs.
Broadband starts at around £25 per month but costs vary depending on the type of connection and speeds available in your area. Most broadband plans include monthly line rental, but you will incur extra charges if you add services like home phone and calls packages. Any additional charges should be listed clearly (e.g. when line rental is not included in the advertised monthly price).
Home phone and calls – some service offer phone and calls packages bundled with broadband. These offers provide great savings especially when you opt to take ‘anytime’, or ‘evening & weekend’ calls plans.
Contract period or length – contracts usually last between 12 & 24 months. Be aware that prices often automatically increase when your initial contract period comes to an end. Also be aware that some broadband providers can increase prices during a contract if they do not guarantee ‘no in contract price rises’ (so always check your terms and conditions).
As a general rule, if your provider wants to increase prices during a fixed contract, they should write to you. If prices increase over a certain threshold you should be provided with a cooling off period (usually 14 days), during which, you can switch providers without a penalty, even if you are still in a contract.
Once your broadband contract period has ended you are free to switch broadband providers without penalty. Your old provider can only charge for your internet use up to the day you switch over to your new provider.
If you are still ‘in contract’, you might be asked to pay an early exit charge. Some broadband providers will expect you to continue paying the monthly fees up until your contract ends as well.
One-stop switch, switching between providers on the Open Reach Network – should be hassle free, you don’t need to contact your current provider at all. Your new provider can arrange the transfer for you and providing no engineer is required switching broadband services will be free of charge.
Switching from Open Reach, to other networks – (Virgin and some other fibre networks) you may need to notify your existing provider that you have found a new broadband provider and that you need to terminate your service. Other networks may need to install a new broadband connection and equipment and you could be charged for this.
Remember you are always able to switch your broadband provider when you are out of contract – check the latest offers with your existing broadband provider, then visit WOW COMPARE to see what other broadband deals are available.
Switching broadband provider can take up to 2 weeks but is usually faster. When you sign up with a new broadband provider, your new broadband provider will contact your existing broadband service and agree a changeover date. Any new equipment (modem, router or home hub) will be sent out, ready to plug in and use on the day your service switches over.
Your old service will continue to work up until the switch happens, providing there are no serious issues switching your broadband provider is usually very straight forward.
Switching Broadband Provider: Ofcom’s guide to switching broadband services
Home broadband services can be fibre, cable, ADSL & even via the mobile network. Generally ‘full fibre’ or fibre to the premises provides the best broadband connection.
Fibre broadband – fibre connections provide the fastest speeds and best reliability. Fibre is many times faster than ADSL & faster than cable. Fibre broadband is perfect for multiple users running smart TVs, streaming music, playing videos and online gaming.
Cable broadband – comes just below fibre broadband, it is faster than ADSL and uses the same cables as cable TV. Cable broadband is only available in limited locations like cities and new estates where cable equipment has been installed. Cable connections can be either fibre optic or coaxial.
ADSL Broadband – provides the most widely available internet connections with around 99% UK coverage. However speeds are limited and vary depending on your geographical location and distance from the nearest exchange.
ADSL uses the same copper cables as your landline phone, the copper cables traditionally used to make and receive phone calls. ADSL is being phased out in many locations as the UK fibre rollout continues.
4G or 5G Mobile Broadband – 4G broadband is widely available across the UK and 5G broadband services are now being launched in many locations, they can provide super-fast broadband in homes starting at speeds of 50Mbs and 100Mbs .
*Connecting to mobile broadband requires a 4G / 5G router or ‘Mifi box’.
*You also need a mobile data SIM card.
For most people a fast, reliable internet connection is most important. The type of connection and internet speed is one of the key requirements to a satisfactory service, fibre internet is considered by many to provide the fastest connections in the UK.
Most households now have multiple devices connected to the internet at any one time. People are streaming more rich content including music, video and smart TV services like iPlayer, Netflix, Now and Sky. Online gaming and the ability to work from home is also increasing many households need for fast broadband.
Faster speeds help ensure you don’t suffer from ‘drop out’ or ‘buffering’, the speed you need depends on the sort of things you’re using the internet for. The number of devices connected and what you are downloading or streaming.
For single people and couples with moderate usage a standard ADSL broadband connection of 30mb/s should be adequate.
If you are a family with three or more people using multiple devices and you are all downloading or streaming content then a faster broadband speed is essential. Speeds in excess of 50mb/sec are best for data rich content like gaming, HD or 4K TV & video.
Choose a broadband provider that offers fibre broadband services fibre to the premises connections provide the fastest internet speeds. Numerous homes in the UK now have full fibre connections these can provide broadband speeds in excess of 500 Mbits/s.
Superfast broadband is defined by Ofcom as providing minimum download speeds of at least 30Mbits/s. Superfast broadband can be via ADSL, cable, fibre or 5G via a mobile network. Superfast broadband is now available to almost 96% of the UK.
The latest Ofcom annual home broadband report March 2023 estimates the median average UK broadband speed to be around 69.4 Mbit/s (megabits per second), up from 59.4 Mbit/s in 2022. The report finds the slowest internet speeds are via ADSL connections with the lowest average speeds around 11.7 Mbit/s.
Broadband use measured in gigabytes (GB), this represents the amount of downloaded or streamed data. Most Internet Service Providers or ISPs now provide ‘unlimited broadband’ as a standard service, but do watch out for capped services as there are a few data limited offers still about.
Choosing ‘unlimited’ broadband ensures your data limit is not capped. As everything you do online uses data, it’s a no brainer to go for unlimited broadband. It will cover you for all the things you watch, listen to, or do online (no worries & no unexpected extra charges).
Bundled broadband, phone & TV are offered by some providers including BT, NOW, SKY, TalkTalk & Virgin Media. These services allow you to add home phone and calls packages (anytime or evening & weekend calls), plus TV services from SKY, NOW, Netflix, BT & Talktalk TV.
Choosing to include TV with broadband and phone services can often work out cheaper than having separate contracts for each service. See if you can save by bundling broadband, TV and phone.
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