London UK ISP Community Fibre Refresh FTTH Broadband Prices

Not that they were ever poorly priced before but the London-focused “full fibre” broadband ISP Community Fibre has today announced a big refresh of their package line-up, which among other things introduces several new plans and at prices that beat most of their competitors.

At present the provider is working to roll-out their own 1000Mbps+ capable Fibre-to-the-Home (FTTH) network to cover 100,000 premises in London – mostly large apartment blocks (predominantly social housing) – by the end of this year, before aiming to reach more than 500,000 premises by the end of 2022.

Until now Community Fibre only had a selection of three packages (£20 per month for 40Mbps symmetric, £35 for 200Mbps and £50 for 1000Mbps), which all offered unlimited usage and an included wireless router. After the refresh they now have a choice of four packages and broadly you get more speed for less money on the new ones.

Community Fibre’s New Broadband Plans

• Superfast – 50 Mbps at £20 per month

• Ultrafast – 150 Mbps for £25 per month

• Hyperfast – 400 Mbps for £35 per month

• Gigafast – 1 Gbps for £50 per month

Apparently these packages will also be “secured with a fixed price for the entire duration of their contract and will never incur hidden rental costs.” A “FREE” standard installation and activation worth £250 also accompanies the packages, although that was the case with their old ones too.

Graeme Oxby, CEO of Community Fibre, said:

“With more services going online each day, it is clear broadband has become an essential utility and should be at the forefront of efforts to promote social progress and decent quality housing. For far too long, Londoners have endured below par broadband at prices that are poor value for money.

We are breaking the mould with these packages, to ensure that everyone in the city can achieve the speeds and reliable connections needed to underpin the technology of the future, at a truly affordable price.

Individuals and businesses alike are tired of the confusing – and often misleading – broadband deals currently on the market. It’s about time broadband providers deliver on their promises, in terms of pricing and speed. This is why our contracts are always straightforward, consistent and don’t contain any hidden surprises.

These new packages are testament to Community Fibre’s ongoing commitment to customers, to offer the fairest prices for its broadband, with absolutely no compromise on quality.”

Community Fibre makes the point that they’re not only cheaper than the biggest players, but also many of the other commercial alternative network providers too. For example, they note how their 150Mbps package is £25 per month and that compares with Hyperoptic’s £27 on a 12 month discount (£38 thereafter).

On the other hand Vodafone’s rival Gigafast (Cityfibre) service can currently do 500Mbps for £28. Personally we’d be happy if any of those were available to us but most of the UK is still out of reach for alternative networks and that tends to be the biggest issue, availability. Networks are growing fast to tackle this but the technology is inherently slow to deploy.