19 providers offer 228 broadband deals in Wickford, from £15.00 a month and up to 2,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 127 Mbps down and 25 Mbps up, 26% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Wickford, Basildon
The best value in Wickford, Basildon on full first-year cost is Plusnet's Full Fibre 145: £292 across year one, about £24 a month. A £155 reward card is bundled in. 145 Mbps covers streaming, video calls and working from home.
Best value in Wickford, Basildon
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.32/mo over contract · £632 total over 24 months
Fastest broadband deal in Wickford, Basildon
The fastest deal available in Wickford, Basildon is Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix from Virgin Media O2 at 2,000 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium from EE at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Wickford, Basildon
Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix
200 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for power users & big households
£51.99/mo
rises to £55.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £54.99/mo over contract · £1320 total over 24 months
Runner-up on speed
Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium
115 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £37.32/mo over contract · £896 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Wickford, Basildon
The cheapest deal in Wickford, Basildon is Fast 24m from giffgaff at £5.00 a month for 200 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £5.00 is an intro price that rises to £25.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £180. Comfortably faster than the UK average.
Cheapest in Wickford, Basildon
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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£5/mo
for 6 months, then £28/mo
Avg £22.25/mo over contract · £534 total over 24 months
Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium
115 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £37.32/mo over contract · £896 total over 24 months
Sky Full Fibre Gigafast
100 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£31/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£749 total over 24 months
Onestream Fibre 55
10 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre
Best for small homes, single 4K streamer
£19.94/mo
rises to £22.69 in April 2027 (+£2.75)
Avg £22/mo over contract · £528 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Wickford, Basildon
19 providers serve Wickford, Basildon, 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 Wickford, Basildon download speed at 127 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Wickford, Basildon
Only 22% of the 8,500 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 94% 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 Wickford, Basildon line runs 127 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 94% of Wickford, Basildon, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Wickford, Basildon?
The wholesale networks carrying Wickford, Basildon broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching Wickford, Basildon, listed below. The companies that build their own fibre rather than reselling someone else's, which is often the cheapest gigabit on the street.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Truespeed
Behind the altnets, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run as the major-network options (Openreach is the default network, in case the rest haven't reached your street).
19 providers are live with broadband deals in Wickford, Basildon.
What broadband coverage does Wickford, Basildon have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Wickford, Basildon premises and gigabit 94%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Wickford, Basildon?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Wickford, Basildon homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Wickford, Basildon, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
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* Based on Go.Compare research estimating that 28% of UK broadband users pay for faster broadband speeds than they need (which we interpret as overpaying), equivalent to around 7.5m UK households.
Speed and coverage figures for Wickford, 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.