2 providers offer 15 broadband deals in Fordham, from £19 a month and up to 900 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 78 Mbps down and 165 Mbps up, 23% below the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 86.5% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Fordham
The best value in Fordham on full first-year cost is Gigaclear's Odyssey 600: £288 across year one, about £24 a month. A £40 gift card is bundled in. At 600 Mbps it copes with anything a household runs at once.
Best value in Fordham
£24/mo
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Cheapest broadband deal in Fordham
The cheapest deal in Fordham 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. Truespeed is essentially level at £20.00 a month.
Cheapest in Fordham
£19/mo
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Runner-up on price
£20/mo
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Fastest broadband deal in Fordham
The fastest deal available in Fordham is Truespeed 900 - 18 months from Truespeed at 900 Mbps.
Fastest in Fordham
£29/mo
No rises, no surprises.
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Broadband providers in Fordham
2 providers serve Fordham, with Truespeed the fastest at 900 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 Fordham download speed at 78 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Fordham
Only 37% 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 Fordham line runs 78 Mbps.
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OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 87% of Fordham, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Fordham have?
Superfast broadband reaches 87% of Fordham premises and gigabit 87%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Fordham?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Fordham 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 Fordham, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
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Speed and coverage figures for Fordhamcome 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.