Compare features and prices on the best UK broadband providers. You can search for home, business or mobile broadband, and even check what home broadband providers service your home with the postcode checker. The broadband comparison also allows you to pick the features that are important to you.
Broadband internet is high speed internet, typically considered to be a minimum download speed of 768 Kbps or KB/s. Most broadband internet in the UK now has a download speed of up to 2 Mbps or higher, ranging up to 24 Mbps. The internet is delivered either via the wired phone lines often using fibre optic cables or via cable connections, often shared the cable delivery with phone and TV systems. Broadband internet is also possible via satellite connection although this is not readily available in the UK.
The speed of proliferation of these services in the UK has been much faster than in the US and many continental European countries. Unfortunately, we have fallen behind in terms of high speed access available. Currently Virgin Media and O2 (through their acquisition of Be) are working to fix this and offer more technologically advanced solutions.
Over the past few years, the number of providers offering broadband internet has increased and the number of different options from each provider has also increased. Here at DialToSave we work to provide a broadband comparison tool that allows you to search for and sort by the features that are important to you. For example, you may be concerned by price, speed, download limit (bandwidth) or contract length. Or you may want to know what the set up time is or whether there is an additional cost for the hardware or setup.
Each of our offer tables displays broadband deals limited by a certain feature, the broadest being home, business and mobile broadband. Within home broadband you can use the postcode checker to find out which providers service your area, or you can view the deals that have the fastest download speeds or unlimited bandwidth - this is particularly important as cable and ADSL2 are limited services only available on specific roads or within certain distances of a telephone exchange. The best thing is that on any table, you can click the column header (the text at the top) to sort the list by that particular broadband feature or by price.
Some TV services like Sky and Virgin Media offer discounts to their existing customers for internet access, as do mobile networks like Orange and O2, not just for mobile broadband but also ADSL connections. We give you details of what you need to be eligible for discounts, and how long any limited term discounts will last. You can also view information on the equipment that is provided for free in any offer. Access the provider pages for the list of available options from any one company, and use the links on the left if you're particularly in ADSL, cable, high speed access or unlimited data transfer.
Check broadband availability in your area by entering your postcode below.
Determine the actual upload and download speeds of your internet connection.
