Fibre Broadband Deals

Advertised speeds are average figures based on performance during peak hours (8–10pm), measured across a sample of customers. Your actual speed depends on your distance from the cabinet (FTTC), the quality of your internal wiring, your router, and how many devices are connected at once.

Before signing up, providers must tell you the minimum guaranteed speed they can deliver to your address. If your connection consistently falls below that figure, you have the right to exit the contract without penalty under Ofcom rules.

Full fibre (FTTP) is now available to around half of UK premises, with coverage growing rapidly thanks to Openreach's rollout and a growing number of alternative network providers (altnets) including CityFibre, Gigaclear, Trooli, and others. The best way to check is to enter your postcode on the individual provider websites or use our postcode checker.

If full fibre isn't yet available at your address, a superfast FTTC deal is likely your best current option — and it's worth checking again in 6–12 months as rollout continues.

For FTTC broadband, yes — it still runs over the copper phone line into your home, so a working phone line is required. You'll typically pay line rental as part of your package even if you never make a call.

For FTTP full fibre, no — the connection is entirely separate from the phone network. Most full fibre packages are broadband-only. If you want a phone service, providers offer VoIP (voice over IP) calls as an add-on. BT's PSTN copper switch-off, completing by 2027, means all voice services will move to digital/VoIP regardless.

Yes — particularly full fibre FTTP. The key advantage for remote workers isn't just download speed, it's upload speed and latency. Video calls (Teams, Zoom, Google Meet) rely heavily on upload performance; FTTC upload speeds are often capped at 15–20 Mbps, while FTTP can deliver symmetric speeds of 100 Mbps or more in each direction.

Lower latency on FTTP also means less lag on calls and snappier response when accessing cloud tools or remote desktops. If your income depends on your connection, FTTP is worth the modest premium over FTTC.

As a rough guide: a single user browsing and streaming HD video needs around 10–25 Mbps. A household with 2–3 simultaneous users streaming 4K, gaming, and on video calls will typically need 100 Mbps or more to avoid congestion. If you have 4+ people online at once or work from home regularly, 200–500 Mbps gives you comfortable headroom.

The speed you pay for is shared across all devices in your home simultaneously — so the right number is less about any single activity and more about how many things run at once during peak evening hours.

The vast majority of fibre broadband deals in the UK are now sold as unlimited — meaning no monthly data cap. Some providers market packages as "Truly Unlimited" to distinguish from deals that are technically unlimited but subject to fair usage policies or traffic management during peak hours.

It's worth checking the small print for any traffic management or throttling clauses, particularly on cheaper packages. If you're a heavy user — large file downloads, 4K streaming, cloud backups — look for packages that explicitly state no traffic management.