UK ISP TalkTalk Trial Prices for 150Mbps and 300Mbps G.fast Broadband

TalkTalk has unofficially revealed the prices for their new unlimited 150Mbps and 300Mbps ultrafast broadband products for those covered by Openreach’s (BT) new G.fast service, which is currently in the pilot phase (here) but should reach 1 million premises by the end of 2017 and 10 million by 2020.

Various readers have been reporting to us that the TRIAL pricing shows up on one of TalkTalk’s website pages (talktalk.co.uk/shop/broadband/gfast), although this isn’t linked anywhere from their main page despite being publicly accessible. Curiously not everybody who loads the page seems able to view the G.fast pricing but we could (this may be an issue with browser compatibility as some people only see their slower packages).

The ‘up to’ 150Mbps (30Mbps upload) service costs £36 per month for the first 18 months of service (reduced from £40), which includes unlimited usage, line rental and setup (plus their usual bits a bobs). On top of that there’s also a ‘Faster 300 Fibre’ package that adopts the top G.fast tier to offer ‘up to’ 300Mbps down and 50Mbps upload at £42 per month (the small print says this should be +£10 more than the 150Mbps option but discounts may be polluting things).

This pricing makes the new 150Mbps tier only slightly more expensive than TalkTalk’s top ‘up to’ 76Mbps “fibre” FTTC (VDSL2) based package (when excluding the usual discounts), although we must stress that this is only TRIAL phase pricing and as a result the final commercial packages may attract a different charge (e.g. the one-off G.fast setup is likely to cost a fair bit more once the trial finishes).

NOTE: There is an additional £12.50 charge for customers requiring a new line and the G.fast T&C’s can be found here. Obviously only those covered by the G.fast pilot will be able to get the service.