Broadband Providers

Broadband providers

This is uSwitch Broadband’s broadband provider directory, where we've outlined the UK’s major broadband companies and have provided a brief summary of who they are and what they offer.

There are 150+ broadband providers in operation in the UK. However, for practical reasons on this page we're only able to list the biggest suppliers.

Broadband providers come in all shapes and sizes. There are a few very large broadband providers, such as BT and Virgin Media, as well as a host of smaller suppliers. All of these will have things to recommend them, as well as facets of their service that might mean they're not suitable for your needs.

The sheer range of broadband providers willing to provide you with a connection can be slightly overwhelming. Luckily, this is where broadband comparison sites come in handy, by offering you a great way to compare lots of broadband packages at once in a single location, which saves a lot of time and effort.

At uSwitch Broadband, we try to help you to choose the best broadband provider for your needs by giving you relevant information on each provider and listing their packages in an easy-to-understand, concise way.

This page is not meant as a comprehensive, definitive page for broadband package comparison. Rather, it's intended as a brief summary of the UK broadband provider landscape.

If you would rather compare broadband providers available to you at a broadband package level, you can use our postcode checker. This allows you to see which deals are available to you in seconds.

Most of the broadband providers on this page offer great value broadband and a service that's fine for most people's requirements. So for that reason if you already have a broadband provider in mind, simply click through on the above links and sign up on the relevant broadband provider’s website.

By clicking onto the provider pages above you can find out which packages each provider offers. You can also discover more about their history and read customer broadband reviews left on the uSwitch Broadband site.

At uSwitch, we believe that you need to hear the good and the bad news about providers, and that's why we publish broadband reviews and news that show broadband providers in a good and bad light.

All major home broadband providers now offer UK-wide ADSL broadband and many offer a super-fast fibre service that's location-dependent.

Notable exceptions are Virgin Media, which offers a state-of-the-art pure cable broadband service in mostly urban locations, and Be Broadband which supplies high-specification broadband (whether cable or ADSL2 or ADSL+) in selected areas.

Compare broadband providers:

• TalkTalk is a large broadband provider and offers great-value fibre and ADSL broadband services, as well as home phone and pay-TV via the YouView platform.

• EE offers impressively fast 4G mobile broadband and fibre home broadband. EE also impresses with its customer incentives, such as the EE Wednesdays promotion that entitles subscribers to 2 for 1 entry to cinemas.

• BT is the largest broadband provider in the UK, with a highly rated Infinity fibre broadband service and a cheaper ADSL option for customers to choose from. It also offers pay-TV, the major selling point of which is the free BT Sport channel and its live coverage of the Premier League.

• Virgin Media Virgin Media offers premium cable broadband bundles and won the fastest broadband and best broadband provider awards at the 2014 uSwitch Broadband awards.

• AOL Broadband offers excellent broadband packages to UK broadband customers. AOL Broadband's short-contract broadband deals are especially highly rated.

• Plusnet is a small ISP that offers tailor-made packages to customers alongside excellent customer support. Plusnet picked up the best value home broadband award at the recent uSwitch Broadband awards.

• Sky: is one of the biggest digital TV providers and also offers broadband and home phone services as part of broadband bundles. Sky is a fast-growing broadband provider and won the award for best broadband, home phone and TV provider at our 2014 awards ceremony.

• Three offers 3G and 4G mobile broadband and mobile broadband and laptop packages.

• Vodafone is a mobile phone operator turned mobile broadband provider. Vodafone offers a range of excellent value mobile broadband packages at speeds of up to 7.2Mbps.

• O2 Although O2 no longer operates as a home broadband provider, it still offers a highly rated mobile broadband service.

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