Broadband deals for October 2026, checked by hand so you don't have to

CHECKED 1 OCTOBER 2026

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Here is every broadband deal worth knowing about this month, from all 29 providers we can actually switch you to, 340 in all, sorted by what you will really pay across the first year rather than the number in the advert. First year cost includes the mid-contract rise, so an October joiner sees the spring increase inside year one.

Prices are what each provider showed on 1 October 2026 and depend on your postcode, so always check your own. TV and phone bundles sit in the full dataset, 426 deals in total. 52 business packages and 7 social tariffs are listed separately, so a means-tested price never sits at the top of the open market table. We check every price ourselves and earn the same whichever deal you choose, so nothing is nudged up the list for commission.

One thing worth knowing: the best prices often come from newer networks that only reach certain streets, so treat this as the national picture and run your postcode to see your own.

How to read the yearly rise column: a plus figure such as +£4.00 a month is the fixed increase that provider adds each year, "No yearly rise" means the price is held for the whole contract, "after offer" is the price once an introductory discount ends (followed by the yearly rise, where the provider states one), and "Could change" means the provider has not committed to a fixed figure (Sky and NOW work this way). Cuckoo customers moved to Onestream on 11 May 2026, and Onestream's deals are shown above. We check every price against what the provider itself shows, on 1 October 2026, and the full dataset and our workings are in the evidence pack below. We earn a commission on some Check availability links, and it never affects prices, the order deals appear in, or what we say.

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October 2026 against September 2026

What changed in broadband deals since September

We keep every month's capture, so you can see how prices have actually moved rather than take anyone's word for it. This compares the 1 October 2026 table with the one we published on 1 September 2026.

• Cheapest ongoing price: £13.50 a month, unchanged (4th Utility).
• Typical full fibre price: the median 24 month full fibre deal is £28.00 a month, down from £29.00. We published £28.00 in September, before introductory offers shorter than 12 months were left out of the sum, so September is restated here on this month's basis.
• Deals in both months: of the 321 deals we could match to September, 42 got cheaper, 16 got dearer and 263 held their price.
• Biggest price cut: Rise Fibre 2.3Gb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months), from £29.00 to £15.00 a month (an introductory price for the first 12 months, then £37.00).
• Biggest price rise: Hyperoptic 150Mb Full Fibre Broadband only, from £23.99 to £30.00 a month (after 6 months at £26.00).
• Providers and deals: 340 ranked deals from 29 providers, against 373 from 28 in September. Gigaclear and TalkTalk joined the table; Truespeed has no open market deals in the feed this month.
• Annual rise gap: £78.00 a year between the steepest riser and the providers that hold price, unchanged.

Deals are matched between months on the provider and its own product code, so a renamed deal still counts as the same deal. Each month has its own download in the evidence section.

The October 2026 rise league

Annual price rises, provider by provider

Since 17 January 2025, every new contract must state its annual rise in pounds and pence before you sign. So we compared them. The gap between the steepest riser and the providers that hold price is now £78.00 per year, every year, before you even compare headline prices.

Every deal here is a new-customer price. See what these deals cost after the contract ends.

The value layer

18 broadband tricks providers do not advertise

Deals are half the story. These are the rights and tactics that save UK households real money, each one verified against the named source shown. The first five are the flagship rights every household should know.

Original data

The UK broadband market in charts

Built from Ofcom open data and our own verified deal checks. Journalists and researchers are welcome to reuse these with attribution to BroadbandSwitch.uk.

Beyond the deals

Help the comparison sites skip

Real situations, real rights. Each of these links to a full guide, and each one is sourced.

Your questions answered

Broadband deals FAQ

Why you can trust this page

How we verify these deals

References

1. Ofcom. (2024). Ofcom confirms new rules to end inflation-linked, mid-contract price rises. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (Rules in force 17 January 2025.)
2. Ofcom. (2026). Automatic compensation: what you need to know. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (Rates in force from 1 April 2026: £10.34 per day loss of service, £32.31 per missed appointment, £6.46 per day delayed start.)
3. Ofcom. (2024). One Touch Switch: a simpler way to switch broadband provider. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (In force 12 September 2024.)
4. Ofcom. (2020). End-of-contract notifications and annual best tariff information. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (In force 15 February 2020.)
5. Ofcom. (n.d.). Broadband Speeds Code of Practice. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk
6. Ofcom. (2025). Connected Nations 2025. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (Full fibre available to 78% of UK homes, September 2025; series 2020 to 2025.)
7. Ofcom. (2026). Connected Nations Spring 2026 update. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (Full fibre available to 82% of UK homes.)
8. Ofcom. (2026). Affordability of communications services. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (532,000 households on social tariffs, 8.6% of eligible households.)
9. Citizens Advice. (2023, December). Social tariff take-up and unclaimed savings analysis. Citizens Advice. https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk (More than £800 million a year in unclaimed savings, December 2023 estimate.)
10. Ofcom. (2026). Social tariffs: cheaper broadband and phone packages. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk/phones-and-broadband/saving-money/social-tariffs (List last updated 17 August 2026.)
11. Ofcom. (n.d.). Broadband Universal Service Obligation. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk
12. Ofcom. (2026). Telecoms and pay TV complaints data. Ofcom. https://www.ofcom.org.uk (Quarterly complaints per 100,000 customers.)
13. Openreach. (n.d.). The PSTN switch-off programme. Openreach. https://www.openreach.com (Completion by 31 January 2027.)
14. Building Digital UK. (n.d.). Project Gigabit. Department for Science, Innovation and Technology. https://www.gov.uk
15. Communications Ombudsman and CEDR. (2026). Alternative dispute resolution for telecoms complaints. (Escalation available after 6 weeks or deadlock.)
16. Provider pricing and social tariff sources: BT, Sky, Virgin Media, Vodafone, TalkTalk, Plusnet, EE, NOW Broadband, Hyperoptic, Community Fibre, YouFibre, Zzoomm, Gigaclear, KCOM, Zen Internet, Fibrus, toob, Utility Warehouse, Three and Onestream product pages. Each checked 6 July 2026. Social tariff pages for BT, Hyperoptic, KCOM, NOW Broadband, Truespeed, Virgin Media and Vodafone checked again 1 October 2026.

Deep links to each source document are maintained in our reference library and re-validated at every monthly check.

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