ISP Lit Fibre Refreshes CityFibre Powered UK Broadband Packages
Broadband ISP Lit Fibre, which now harnesses CityFibre’s national Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network (they originally ran their own UK fibre network – here), has refreshed their existing range of packages and also introduced new a range of “specialised” product packages called ‘Lit Ultimate’, ‘Lit Homeworker’, ‘Lit Family’ and ‘Lit Gamer’.
The new Lit Fibre packages appear to have been designed to complement, rather than replace, their existing speed-centric Lit 100Mbps (£29.99), 500Mbps (£33.99) and 1000Mbps (£39.99) plans (monthly prices are for the 24-month term, but you can also take 18-months for a few pounds extra). All packages include symmetric speeds, free installation, wireless router (models vary) and a pledge of “no mid-contract price hikes“.
By comparison, the four new named packages include various extras, such as a superior router (Lit Hub or Lit Hub Pro), Wi-Fi extenders, an internet security service, parental controls and sometimes also “boost device control“. But these extras do vary a bit between the new packages, and Lit could do with including a few more details to help explain the differences or what they actually deliver.
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LitFibre’s New Broadband Packages (24-Month Term)
Lit Homeworker
“Built for remote professionals requiring dependable, high-speed internet.”
500Mbps
Boost device control (“Give your work devices the VIP treatment with a connection boost while working from home” – we’re not sure what this is?)
Lit Secure Plus
Lit HubPRICE: £34.49pm per month
Lit Family
“Ideal for households with multiple users and devices.”
500Mbps
Parental controls
Lit Secure Plus
Lit HubPRICE: £34.49pm per month
Lit Gamer
“Optimised for gamers needing low latency and fast speeds.”
1Gbps
Lit Hub ProPRICE: £39.49pm per month
Lit Ultimate
“For users who demand peak performance across all online activities.”
1Gbps
Lit Hub Pro+ 2 WiFi extenders
Lit Secure Plus
Lit Advanced
Boost device controlPRICE: £47.49pm per month
One issue to be aware of is that, when going through Lit’s availability checker and order page, you’ll only be able to see the new package options if you click the “Usage” button (selector) at the top. Likewise, you can only see the original packages by selecting the “Speed” button. But these are presented in quite a generic way and with little explanation, which means that their relevance can easily be overlooked (i.e. it may have been better to make the distinction between basic and premium packages clearer).
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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Pricing = ouch.
Thought cityfibre was meant to be cheaper than openreach
Hopefully they have changed the modem/ router to something more usable, looked at them last year for a new ISP but the modem/router only had 1x ethernet port, they said “you could just buy a switch to add more”, but I don’t see why I’d buy more equipment because they couldn’t provide it in the first place.