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There are hundreds of broadband providers in the UK offering thousands of packages. Let Broadband Essentials help you choose the right broadband provider for your requirements.



Broadband Providers

Broadband Essentials only use the top broadband providers in our compare broadband provider. You may never have heard of some of them but these broadband providers are the best around and are backed by some of the largest companies in the world enabling you to sign up with confidence.

Although there are many ways of receiving broadband, the most popular are ADSL via your BT phone line and cable broadband via your cable network. This is why we only compare suppliers who provide these two forms of service in our compare broadband provider service.


Broadband deals of the week

Plusnet Value Broadband

Plusnet Value Broadband

Standard usage: ADSL

  • FREE for first 3 months (offer ends 31 Aug)
  • £6.49/month thereafter
  • Up to 8Mbps download speed
  • 10GB monthly usage
  • No set up or connection fee
  • Free wireless router
  • 12 month contract
  • Upgrade to Talk Evenings & Weekends (£10.95/month phone line rental)
  • Upgrade to Talk Anytime for £5/month extra (£10.95/month phone line rental)

Casual web browsing and email use. Great for surfing and streaming. Suitable for music and movies from sites such as iTunes and YouTube.

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Sky Base Broadband

Sky Base Broadband

Standard usage: ADSL

  • FREE with Sky Talk
  • £5/month otherwise
  • Up to 2Mbps download speed
  • 2GB monthly usage allowance
  • Free Sky wireless router
  • Free evening and weekend calls if you take Sky Talk Freetime
  • £60 activation fee
  • BT or Sky Talk line required
  • Free 12 months McAfee Internet Security Suite
  • 18 month contract

Suitable for web browsing and emailing. Free standard set-up (worth £30) when you take a Sky+ HD box (with or without the HD pack). Join Sky TV online and recieve a £25 M&S voucher (new customers only).

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Orange Home Starter Broadband

Orange Home Starter Broadband

Standard usage: ADSL

  • from £7/month with any Orange pay monthly mobile plan
  • from £10/month otherwise
  • Up to 20Mbps download speed
  • Unlimited monthly usage (fair usage policy applies)
  • Free wireless router
  • Free evening and weekend calls to all UK landlines
  • No set up or connection fee (BT line required)
  • 18 month contract

Lower prices on all home packages to customers who live in an Orange broadband network area.

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Talk Talk Essentials Phone and Broadband

Talk Talk Essentials Broadband

Standard usage: ADSL

  • £6.99/month (plus £11.49 line rental)
  • Up to 24Mbps download speed
  • 40GB monthly usage allowance
  • Free wireless 'G' router
  • FREE connection (saving £29.99)
  • 18 month contract
  • Unlimited calls to UK landlines at evenings & weekends including 0870 & 0845 numbers
  • Unlimited calls from Talk Talk customers to Talk Talk customers
  • Free calls to 36 international destinations
  • Free 30 day no quibble trial

Add Boosts from only £2 per month each and there's no contract so you can change them whenever you need to.

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O2 Standard Broadband

O2 Standard Broadband

Standard usage: ADSL

  • Free for first 3 months
  • £7.50/month thereafter for O2 customers
  • £12.50/month thereafter for all other customers
  • Up to 8Mbps download speed
  • Unlimited monthly usage
  • No set up or connection fee
  • Free O2 wireless box II
  • 100 Free web texts/month
  • 12 month contract

Add O2 Home Phone from £9.50 per month (BT landline required).

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BT Total Broadband Option 1

BT Total Broadband Option 1

Standard usage: ADSL

  • £15.99/month
  • Up to 20Mbps download speed
  • 10GB monthly usage
  • Free BT Home Hub
  • Go mobile with USB dongle for £39.99 (online offer only) at no extra monthly charge
  • Unlimited WiFi minutes/month
  • Installation from £88.09 if you require a BT engineer (BT line rental required)
  • Free BT Home Hub
  • 12 month contract
  • Free BT Broadband Accelerator for BT Total Broadband customers who order online (postage £1.20). Boost your broadband speed by up to 1.5MB (worth £15).

Fast, reliable, wireless broadband. Add BT Vision for digital TV and entertainment on demand.

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Broadband Usage

Most broadband packages have some sort of monthly usage allowance, varying from 2GB to 10GB to 30GB to unlimited. This figure indicates the amount of data you can transfer (download or upload) each month.

In order to simplify the comparison task we have split the way most people use the internet into 3 categories (Standard, Medium and High Usage), we use these categories in our compare broadband package service.


The following packages provide the best deal in each category:

Plusnet Value Broadband

Plusnet Value Broadband

Standard usage: ADSL

  • FREE for first 3 months (offer ends 31 Aug)
  • £6.49/month thereafter
  • Up to 8Mbps download speed
  • 10GB monthly usage
  • Free wireless router
  • No set up or connection fee
  • 12 month contract
  • Upgrade to Talk Evenings & Weekends (£10.95/month phone line rental)
  • Upgrade to Talk Anytime for £5/month extra (£10.95/month phone line rental)
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Be Value Broadband

Be Value Broadband

Medium usage: ADSL

  • £7.50/month thereafter
  • Up to 8Mbps download speed
  • Up to 1.3Mbps upload speed
  • 40GB monthly usage allowance
  • Free wireless Be Box modem
  • No set up or connection fee (BT line rental required)
  • 12 month contract
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Orange Home Starter Broadband

Orange Home Starter Broadband

High usage: ADSL

  • from £7/month with any Orange pay monthly mobile plan
  • from £10/month otherwise
  • Up to 20Mbps download speed
  • Unlimited monthly usage (fair usage policy applies)
  • Free wireless router
  • Free evening and weekend calls to all UK landlines
  • No set up or connection fee (BT line required)
  • 18 month contract
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Virgin Broadband L

Virgin Broadband L

Standard usage: Cable

  • £15/month for 3 months
  • £20/month thereafter
  • Up to 10Mbps download speed
  • Unlimited monthly usage
  • Free wireless 'N' router
  • £35 standard installation (£15 Quickstart self-install)
  • 12 month contract
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Virgin Broadband XL

Virgin Broadband XL

Medium usage: Cable

  • £25/month for 3 months
  • £30/month thereafter
  • Up to 20Mbps download speed
  • Unlimited monthly usage
  • Free wireless 'N' router
  • £35 standard installation (£15 Quickstart self-install)
  • 12 month contract
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Virgin Broadband XXL

Virgin Broadband XXL

High usage: Cable

  • £33/month for 3 months
  • £38/month thereafter
  • Up to 50Mbps download speed
  • Unlimited monthly usage
  • Free wireless 'N' router
  • £35 standard installation
  • Additional £20 activation fee payable
  • 12 month contract
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