17 providers offer 226 broadband deals in Basildon, from £20 a month (£40 after 12 months) and up to 2,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 118 Mbps down and 22 Mbps up, 17% above the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 88.4% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Basildon
The best value in Basildon on full first-year cost is 4th Utility's 900Mb Full Fibre (24 Months): £264 across year one, about £22 a month. At 900 Mbps it copes with anything a household runs at once.
Best value in Basildon
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Basildon
The cheapest deal in Basildon is 300Mb Full Fibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £20.00 a month for 300 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £20.00 is an intro price that rises to £40.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £240. Truespeed is essentially level at £20.00 a month.
Cheapest in Basildon
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Runner-up on price
£20/mo
No rises, no surprises.
Fastest broadband deal in Basildon
The fastest deal available in Basildon is Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix from Virgin Media O2 at 2,000 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre Max from Zen Internet at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Basildon
Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix
£51.99/mo
rises to £55.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Runner-up on speed
£45/mo
No rises, no surprises.
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£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£23/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£25.99/mo
rises to £29.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£23.99/mo
rises to £27.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Basildon
17 providers serve Basildon including Sky, BT and Vodafone, with Virgin Media O2 the fastest at 2,000 Mbps.
Ranked by Ofcom complaints per 100,000 customers, fewest first. A down arrow is below the industry average, up is above, and a dash means Ofcom publishes no figure for that provider (usually because it is below Ofcom's 1.5% market-share reporting threshold). A small diagonal arrow shows the past-year trend (↘ improving, ↗ getting worse).
Ofcom records the typical Basildon download speed at 118 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Basildon
Only 20% of the 57,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 88% can get gigabit.
The faster line is already there. For most of these homes it is the contract holding them back, not the infrastructure.
Is your broadband good enough?
The typical Basildon line runs 118 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 88% of Basildon, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Basildon have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Basildon premises but gigabit only 88%, so around 10% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Basildon?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Basildon homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
The two 5G figures differ. “5G availability” is everyday 5G running on the existing 4G core, which is what most phones show. “Next-gen 5G” is standalone 5G: a full 5G network with lower lag, still reaching fewer places.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Basildon, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Basildon neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 133 Mbps in Fryerns to 83 Mbps in Billericay, so your street matters more than the Basildon average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fryerns SS14 | 133 | +15 | 20 | 98% | 94% | 100% |
| Wickford SS11 | 132 | +14 | 25 | 95% | 86% | 100% |
| Laindon SS15 | 130 | +12 | 22 | 99% | 92% | 100% |
| Langdon SS16 | 124 | +5 | 21 | 99% | 86% | 100% |
| Wickford SS12 | 121 | +3 | 25 | 99% | 89% | 100% |
| Pitsea SS13 | 121 | +3 | 19 | 99% | 82% | 100% |
| Billericay CM12 | 89 | -29 | 26 | 99% | 86% | 100% |
| Billericay CM11 | 83 | -35 | 24 | 95% | 83% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Basildon neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Basildon average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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Speed and coverage figures for Basildoncome from Ofcom's Connected Nations data, current to January 2026. Deal prices are pulled live from providers. Compiled by the FindBroadband team. See how we rank and source our data.