21 providers offer 260 broadband deals in Earls Colne, from £15.00 a month and up to 2,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 79 Mbps down and 39 Mbps up, 22% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Earls Colne, Braintree
The best value in Earls Colne, Braintree 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 Earls Colne, Braintree
£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 Earls Colne, Braintree
The fastest deal available in Earls Colne, Braintree 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 Earls Colne, Braintree
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 Earls Colne, Braintree
The cheapest deal in Earls Colne, Braintree 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 Earls Colne, Braintree
£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
£19/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£342 total over 18 months
Broadband providers in Earls Colne, Braintree
21 providers serve Earls Colne, Braintree, 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 Earls Colne, Braintree download speed at 79 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Earls Colne, Braintree
Only 8% of the 1,100 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 96% 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 Earls Colne, Braintree line runs 79 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 96% of Earls Colne, Braintree, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Earls Colne, Braintree?
The wholesale networks carrying Earls Colne, Braintree broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching Earls Colne, Braintree, 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
- Truespeed
- Hyperoptic
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
And the major networks: Openreach and Virgin Media O2 both reach this area (Openreach is the country-wide baseline, so it's a given).
Real provider count in Earls Colne, Braintree: 21 actively selling into addresses.
What broadband coverage does Earls Colne, Braintree have?
Superfast broadband reaches 100% of Earls Colne, Braintree premises and gigabit 96%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Earls Colne, Braintree?
Outdoor 5G reaches 98% of Earls Colne, Braintree homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
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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 Earls Colne, 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.