Broadband providers

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

There are over 150 broadband providers in operation in the UK — so for obvious reasons, we're only able to list the UK's biggest broadband companies on this page.

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. Each have their own pros and cons for their ability to meet your broadband needs.

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

At uSwitch, we try to help you to choose the right 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 isn't meant as a comprehensive, definitive guide for broadband package comparison; rather, it's intended as a brief summary of the UK broadband provider landscape.

If you'd 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. 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.

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

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 and TV bundles and consistently delivers high-speed broadband through its fibre-optic network.

• Plusnet is a small ISP that offers tailor-made packages to customers alongside excellent customer support.

• Sky is one of the biggest digital TV providers and also offers broadband and home phone services as part of broadband bundles.

• Three offers 3G and 4G mobile broadband.

• 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 21Mbps, as well as fibre broadband deals.

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