20 providers offer 245 broadband deals in Three, from £15.00 a month and up to 2,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 81 Mbps down and 58 Mbps up, 20% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Three, Braintree (CM7)
The best value in Three, Braintree (CM7) 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 Three, Braintree (CM7)
£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 Three, Braintree (CM7)
The fastest deal available in Three, Braintree (CM7) 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 Three, Braintree (CM7)
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 Three, Braintree (CM7)
The cheapest deal in Three, Braintree (CM7) 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 Three, Braintree (CM7)
£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 Three, Braintree (CM7)
20 providers serve Three, Braintree (CM7), 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 Three, Braintree (CM7) download speed at 81 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Three, Braintree (CM7)
Only 12% of the 15,000 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 Three, Braintree (CM7) line runs 81 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 88% of Three, Braintree (CM7), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Three, Braintree (CM7)?
The wholesale networks carrying Three, Braintree (CM7) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
These are the alternatives to Openreach in Three, Braintree (CM7): smaller infrastructure firms that have laid their own fibre. The pricing pressure they create is good news on a Saturday morning bill review.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- Hyperoptic
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Truespeed
Sitting alongside, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 cover Three, Braintree (CM7) as well (Openreach is everywhere in the UK by default).
Three, Braintree (CM7) sits in the catchment of 20 providers.
What broadband coverage does Three, Braintree (CM7) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 97% of Three, Braintree (CM7) premises but gigabit only 88%, so around 9% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Three, Braintree (CM7)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 98% of Three, Braintree (CM7) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
How Three, Braintree (CM7) compares within Braintree
Across 5 postcode districts in Braintree, by premises count, typical speed and gigabit coverage.
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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 Three, Braintree (CM7)come 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.