Lit Fibre Cuts Price of CityFibre Powered UK Broadband ISP Packages

A little over a month has passed since internet provider Lit Fibre, which harnesses CityFibre’s UK full fibre (FTTP) network (they originally ran their own fibre network – here), introduced a range of new “specialised” packages. But they’ve now significantly cut the prices of those same plans “due to market demand“.

The packages concerned include ‘Lit Ultimate’, ‘Lit Homeworker’, ‘Lit Family’, ‘Lit Gamer’ and ‘Lit One’ (we couldn’t find any details for ‘Lit One’, but it was in the announcement), which complement their existing range of speed-based broadband plans (these have also been discounted). All of these packages include, by default, symmetric speeds, free installation, a wireless router (the models vary) and a pledge of “no mid-contract price hikes“.

However, on top of the above, the packages also add various extras, such as a superior router (Lit Hub or Lit Hub Pro), Wi-Fi extenders, an internet security service, parental controls and also “boost device control“ (we’re still not sure what this actually is). In addition, you also get a choice of 12, 18 or 24-month minimum term contracts (we’ve used the 24-month packages in our example below).

But the above extras do vary a bit between the packages. For example, LIT Homeworker and LIT Family are the same price and speed, but they differ in that Homeworker includes “boost device control“, Family swaps this for parental controls.

One slight oddity with this announcement is that the “Previous” pricing figures appear to be incorrect. For example, LIT Family launched in April at £34.49 pm per month (here) and not £44.95 as stated by the ISP below (it’s possible some pricing may vary by location), but otherwise the new pricing is still much more attractive and competitive.

Initially, we also noted that the top speed of Lit Fibre’s Ultimate package had seen its 1Gbps speed boosted to 2.4Gbps at the same price, although this change appeared to have been reversed just before we published the article. So don’t be surprised if that change returns in the near future, which probably reflects CityFibre’s new XGS-PON upgrade.

LitFibre’s 24-Month Usage Packages