Comparing ISP Prices for 1Gbps UK Home Broadband – 2025 vs 2022
A couple of years have now passed since ISPreview last examined how much money broadband ISPs were charging consumers for their gigabit broadband (1Gbps) tiers, so we’ve decided to take another look to see how things have changed between 2022, 2023 and 2025. But it might surprise some readers to learn that prices have broadly continued to fall.
The following article will only be covering residential networks delivered via either Full Fibre (FTTP/B) or Hybrid Fibre Coax (Virgin Media) infrastructure. At the start of 2025 around 86% of UK premises were estimated to be within reach of such a gigabit-capable broadband network (here), which drops to 74% when only considering FTTP.
However, assuming the Government’s £5bn Project Gigabit programme delivers and commercial builds remain steady (most of today’s coverage has come from commercial deployments), then we could see gigabit coverage via fixed line networks reaching around 99% “nationwide” by 2030. Ofcom has predicted (here) that gigabit coverage will reach around 97-98% by May 2027 and that’s currently as far out as they’ll forecast.
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Suffice to say that, within a few short years, the vast majority of this country will have gained the ability to choose from one or more gigabit-capable broadband networks. But such speeds are not an automatic upgrade for existing connections, thus you’d need to order the package from a supporting ISP in order to receive it. On top of that, there’s also a rapidly growing selection of multi-gigabit (2-10Gbps) providers, but that’s another topic.
Why Gigabit Prices Vary
The amount that ISPs charge for a 1Gbps package continues to vary quite a lot, which isn’t just down to competition. Different packages come attached to different features (e.g. static IP addresses, contract lengths, better routers etc. – assigning a value to such things is subject to personal preference) and some networks have also been deployed using different methodologies or technologies, all of which impacts cost.
For example, B4RN adopts the Community Benefit Society approach and operates a closed network, where the community sometimes helps to build and fund the infrastructure – this tends to result in a cheaper service (i.e. not profit orientated). By comparison, Openreach (BT) runs a commercial open access network, albeit one that has the baggage of heavily regulated copper infrastructure to balance – this can be more expensive.
Meanwhile, commercial providers that roll-out almost exclusively in rural areas also tend to be more expensive, as this reflects the higher cost of deployment. On the other hand, the new generation of commercial and urban-focused alternative networks (AltNet) are often very aggressive on price.
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The Gigabit Comparison (Feb 2025 Data)
The table below is intended to examine how prices for consumer facing 1Gbps packages have changed over time, thus we’re continuing to use our original ISP sample from 2022 and haven’t added any new ones (the odd provider has also been removed due to consolidation). If you want to compare all of the available 1Gbps packages, and there are over 140 of those, then our ISP Listings page is the place to go.
Otherwise, this summary will generally only take a standalone (data-only) package from each operator, except in cases where the package is unavoidably bundled alongside a voice (phone) product. We’ll also reflect the post-contract pricing after any discounts (where possible), provided those discounts last the full length of the operator’s initial minimum term (shorter partial-term discounts are ignored as they’re harder to compare).
Finally, for providers with multiple underlying networks (each with different prices), we’ll only cover the two largest networks to reduce complexity and repetition. The list doesn’t cover upload speeds, but it’s worth noting that many providers will give you symmetric uploads, while those from Openreach and Virgin Media will often do c.100Mbps by default.
1Gbps UK Home Broadband Prices Over Time (Alphabetic)
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| ISP | Network | £ – Price 2025 | £ – 2023 | £ – 2022 | Contract (Months) |
| B4RN | B4RN | 33.00 | 33.00 | 30.00 | 12 |
| BT | Openreach | 36.99 – 42.99 (45.99) | 44.99 (59.99) | 59.99 | 24 |
| Cambridge Fibre | Cambridge Fibre | 29.00 (49.00) | 59.00 | 69.00 | 24 |
| CommunityFibre | Community Fibre | 25.00 – 27.00 (31.00) | 29.00 (31.00) | 49.00 | 24 |
| County Broadband | County Broadband | 54.99 (84.99) | 69.99 | 80.00 | 24 |
| EE | Openreach | 40.99 – 46.99 (59.99) | 49.00 (58.00) | 49.00 (57.00) | 24 |
| Exascale | Exascale | 48.99 | 48.99 | 48.99 | 24 |
| Fibrus | Fibrus | 44.99 (59.99) | 59.99 | 29.99 (59.99) | 24 |
| Freeola | Openreach | 61.98 | 58.99 | 58.99 | 1 |
| G.Network | G.Network | 28.00 (33.00) | 51.99 | 48.00 | 24 |
| Gigaclear | Gigaclear | 49.00 (82.00) | 49.00 (79.00) | 49.00 (79.00) | 18 |
| Grain | Grain | 28.99 (52.99) | 32.99 (49.99) | 44.99 (55.00) | 24 |
| Hyperoptic | Hyperoptic | 40.00 (63.00) | 45.00 (60.00) | 40.00 (60.00) | 24 |
| InternetTY | InternetTY | 33.33 | 45.00 | 45.00 | 24 |
| Jurassic Fibre | Jurassic Fibre | 40.00 | 40.00 | 40.00 | 24 |
| KCOM | KCOM | 44.99 (69.99) | 59.99 (69.99) | 69.99 | 24 |
| Leetline | Openreach | 52.99 | 52.99 | 64.99 | 24 |
| Leetline | CityFibre | 38.99 | 36.99 | 40.99 | 24 |
| Lightning Fibre | Lightning Fibre | 36.00 | 39.00 | 59.00 | 24 |
| Highland Broadband | Lothian Broadband | 44.99 (74.99) | 74.99 | 59.99 | 24 |
| Pine Media | Pine Media | 32.00 | 41.00 | 49.99 | 24 |
| Pine Media | Openreach | 42.00 | 47.00 | 49.99 | 24 |
| Quantum | Quantum Fibre | 60.00 | 60.00 | 60.00 | 24 |
| Swish Fibre | Swish Fibre | 40.00 | 50.00 | 75.00 | 24 |
| Telcom (WeFibre) | Telcom | 25.00 | 35.00 | 20.00 | 12 |
| toob | toob | 29.00 (33.00) | 25.00 (29.00) | 25.00 (29.00) | 18 |
| Trooli | Trooli | 39.99 (49.99) | 68.00 (80.00) | 68.00 (80.00) | 24 |
| No One | Openreach | 49.99 | 49.99 | 62.99 | 24 |
| No One | CityFibre | 31.99 | 36.99 | 38.99 | 24 |
| Truespeed | Truespeed | 39.00 (75.00) | 49.00 (70.00) | 54.99 (*69.99) | 12 |
| Village Networks | Village Networks | 75.00 | 70.00 | 70.00 | 18 |
| Virgin Media | Virgin Media | 38.99 – 42.49 (78.00) | 47.00 (62.00) | 62.00 | 18 |
| Vodafone | Cityfibre | 29.00 – 32.00 (£37) | 46.00 | 35.00 | 24 |
| Vodafone | Openreach | 38.00 – 41.00 (£46) | 49.00 | 70.00 | 24 |
| Wessex Internet | Wessex Internet | 79.00 | 79.00 | 84.00 | 12 |
| WightFibre | WightFibre | 43.95 | 49.95 | 54.95 | 1 |
| Wildanet | Wildanet | 65.00 | 59.95 | 59.99 | 24 |
| YouFibre | Netomnia | 31.99 (41.99) | 29.99 (40.00) | 40.00 (50.00) | 24 |
| Zen Internet | Cityfibre | 40.00 | 45.00 | 47.99 | 18 |
| Zen Internet | Openreach | 50.00 | 55.00 | 59.99 | 18 |
| Zzoomm | Zzoomm | 29.95 (39.95) | 39.95 | 59.00 | 12 |
The first thing to note above is that BT, CommunityFibre, EE, Vodafone and Virgin Media all have their monthly prices expressed as a range (e.g. for BT it’s £36.99 – £42.99), which reflects Ofcom’s recent change in pricing policy that allows us to see us to see the impact of mid-contract price hikes across the minimum term. Previously we couldn’t do this as those mid-contract hikes were linked to an unknown future figure of inflation.
In addition, we didn’t previously include Vodafone’s post-contract pricing because it was difficult to figure them out (vague policy), but the provider now states that your prices will rise by £5 per month after the end of your minimum term. As such, we’ve assumed they mean +£5 on what you were being charged after the most recent mid-contract price hike.
One other observation to make is that several providers have increased their minimum contract period since the last update. For example, Grain, Pine Media and Truespeed have gone from 12 to 24 months, while InternetTY and Swish Fibre have gone from 18 to 24 etc. On the flip side, Virgin Media went from 24 to 18 month terms. Longer contracts give ISPs more security and often make for cheaper packages, but also tie the customer down for longer.
Overall, the story is similar to 2023 in that many more ISPs reduced their prices than increased them in 2025, while a few others maintained the same pricing they had before. Only a smaller number increased their prices. However, it’s important to caveat that inflation (CPI and RPI) surged between 2022 and early 2024, which means that any ISP choosing to maintain the same price today as it had in 2023 will have technically been giving customers a real-terms price reduction. Openreach also introduced some big discounts in 2023 (Equinox 2) to help ISPs stay competitive with altnets, which may have offset some increases in other areas.
Finally, if we exclude the impact of mid-contract price hikes and post-contract pricing, then the average monthly price (at least for new customers) from the sample of providers listed above works out as £42.02. This compares with an average of £49.11 in 2023 (i.e. this is a decrease of £7.09 or -14.44%). Competitive pressures between networks is likely to continue to keep prices low for the next couple of years, but this may change as the market matures and economic pressures take their toll.
Mark is a professional technology writer, IT consultant and computer engineer from Dorset (England), he also founded ISPreview in 1999 and enjoys analysing the latest telecoms and broadband developments. Find me on X (Twitter), Mastodon, Facebook, BlueSky, Threads.net and Linkedin.
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… and those who are funding the AltNets make decisions whether to continue the push for market share or to cut their losses.
Someone said to me not so long ago, it is not the speed that cost the money, the reason why they charge more for higher speed is because those that do have higher speed will use more data and that is what costs the money. It don’t work that way for every one and these days with streaming, even on lower speeds a lot of data can be used.
You wonder why people call you a BT Fanboy?
You also have to remember that a lot of the altnets run their own network and don’t have to pay to use a network like those that use the openreach network, but they do have to pay Openreach for the poles and ducts use.
Zzoomm is only around £4 less than what Bt charge, sure BT charges more at the end of the contract, but how many people pay the max anyway? They normally get another deal to be locked in for another 24 months.
I pay 29 for mine with LightSpeed broadband and have done for the last 2.5 years.
Hi Matt, toob is back to £25 since the beginning of March 2025.
I am surprised that Wessex Internet seems to be so expensive compared to almost every other ISP in the country. Is there something unusual about their network which makes it so uncompetitive? Or is it just down to lack of competition?
Some of these prices making my Aquiss line at 55/mo look pretty costly
so does mine at slightly less than the amount you pay
Toob is so hilariously cheap, I love them.
Im with Hyperopic and now only pay £25pm. Before this it was £30pm
This is actually really cool – one of the few products that are beating inflation. I guess competition and the advance of technlogy really helping.
Two ISP are missing UnchainedISP and Cerberus from the list
Three ISP are missing UnchainedISP, Aquiss and Cerberus from the list
What about a current gen of 2Gbps, I’ve just got mine and oh boy is it fast on my PC, it’ll be upgraded to full 2.5Gbps current gen by the end of summer, which is strange as some of my city living friends haven’t got this speed yet, but to be honest is a good sign that the country is finally giving a dam about everyone getting fast Internet even if you’re just living in towns and villages
The majority of computers would not be able to take advantage of that unless they have 2.5Gb/s or above Ethernet, Wi-Fi 5 or above can do speeds to cope, but then that depends on distance and what is between the devices and router, certainly in the uk where most houses have solid walls that are not made of wood.
Even so, I am pretty sure that the majority of people would not take advantage of that speed, most would not take advance of 1GB/s
Zoom offers 2Gb/s for £65 a month, normal price.
I mean forget 2 Gb or 2.5 Gb let’s go straight to least 5 Gb. 8-10 Gb, 20 Gb and 40 Gb where the customer can support it.
Let’s get the ones and zeros flowing on demand at speeds copper and copper coated steel can’t touch. Gigabit is the new 80 Mb, let’s get gigabit down to the new 55 Mb with up to 2 Gb taken up more widely and multigig availability nationwide.
I’ve been with Heybroadband (1gb) since they launched in my area in 2022. Initially, I signed up for a 24-month contract at £35/month, and in February 2024, I renewed after negotiating a rate of £25/month for their 900Mbps symmetrical service. This is undoubtedly the most competitive offer available in the market. Their service quality has been excellent, with only occasional outages. Over the years, I’d estimate their reliability at 98-99% availability and same with the speed. Network at least in my areas rock solid.
Just done a speedtest: 845Mbit up and 821Mbit down.
Also very odd that neither F&W or Heybroadband is on the list.
I dunno. I pay a lot less per gigabit than your good self and get a full gigabit over full speed in both directions.
@XGS Is On, you pay less than £25 a month for 1Gb/s? If so, that is crazy prices.
I have no problem with paying a decent price for a decent service, it is just stupid prices I don’t like paying.
It is crazy to think what we were paying for 512Kb/s ADSL 25 year ago, and now we are paying less or the same for faster speed and more reliable, but then FTTC was pretty reliable compared to ADSL.
I think I was paying £39 to BT in 2000 for ADSL, now I am paying about £5 less for 500Mb/s FTTP.
Sadly the internet have lost the charm and fun it had all those years ago, it is too commercialised and too many people trying to grab data and hack into accounts.
Sure we did have silly bits of software years ago which was spyware, but not as bad as now and the tracking on websites was certainly not as bad, nor the adverts coving half the page
Anyone remember BonziBuddy?
That £39 in 2000 is equivalent to over £70 now
A lot of these prices are incorrect.
When a large % of areas had alt net available you would see Voda etc offering £25-30 not what is written in this claiming prices of close to £50.
This feels like it was written by someone who is trying to claim we are better off now when we are not prices have gone up.
The same person keep on going on about alt nets being too expensive far less customers and are going to fail… a BT spy??
I am Paying £59 with Community Fibre
for 5Gbps up and down, I think it is Cheap
I am also Paying another £10 a month for Calls
No Sky?…or am I missing something?
You are not missing something, I have Sky TV
via their Sky Q Box
I meant no Sky mentioned in the above list!
I’m paying £32 for 900/900 with Squirrel Internet via Freedom Fibre.