19 providers offer 258 broadband deals in Braintree, from £19 a month and up to 2,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 82 Mbps down and 52 Mbps up, 19% below the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 86.3% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Braintree
The best value in Braintree 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 Braintree
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Braintree
The cheapest deal in Braintree is Explorer 300 from Gigaclear at £19.00 a month for 300 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. It also throws in a £30 gift card. 4th Utility is essentially level at £20.00 a month.
Cheapest in Braintree
£19/mo
No rises, no surprises.
Runner-up on price
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Fastest broadband deal in Braintree
The fastest deal available in Braintree 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 Braintree
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.
Compare broadband deals in Braintree
£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 Braintree
19 providers serve Braintree 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 Braintree download speed at 82 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Braintree
Only 11% of the 46,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 87% 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 Braintree line runs 82 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 87% of Braintree, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Braintree have?
Superfast broadband reaches 96% of Braintree premises but gigabit only 87%, so around 9% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Braintree?
Outdoor 5G reaches 98% of Braintree 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.
Broadband speeds by Braintree neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 136 Mbps in Stour Valley to 70 Mbps in Witham, so your street matters more than the Braintree average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stour Valley CO8 | 136 | +54 | 98 | 91% | 60% | 97% |
| Halstead St Andrew's CO9 | 85 | +3 | 65 | 96% | 83% | 98% |
| Three CM7 | 81 | -1 | 58 | 97% | 88% | 98% |
| Great Notley CM77 | 75 | -8 | 47 | 92% | 86% | 98% |
| Witham CM8 | 70 | -12 | 25 | 98% | 85% | 98% |
Measured Ofcom data per Braintree neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Braintree 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 Braintreecome 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.