19 providers offer 246 broadband deals in Shrub End, from £13.50 a month and up to 2,500 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 101 Mbps down and 37 Mbps up, in line with the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
The best value in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) 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 Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
£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 Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
The fastest deal available in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) is UltraFibre 2500 from POP Telecom at 2,500 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre Max from Zen Internet at 2,300 Mbps.
Fastest in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
£49.99/mo
rises to £52.99 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £52.24/mo over contract · £1254 total over 24 months
Runner-up on speed
£54/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1296 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
The cheapest deal in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) is 150Mb Full Fibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £13.50 a month for 150 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £13.50 is an intro price that rises to £18.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £162. Rise Fibre is essentially level at £14.00 a month. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
150Mb Full Fibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Avg £15.75/mo over contract · £378 total over 24 months
Runner-up on price
150Mbps Full Fibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£14/mo
for 12 months, then £19/mo
Avg £16.50/mo over contract · £396 total over 24 months
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£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
900Mbps Full Fibre (24 Months)
900 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£15/mo
for 12 months, then £20/mo
Avg £17.50/mo over contract · £420 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 Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
19 providers serve Shrub End, Colchester (CO2), with POP Telecom the fastest at 2,500 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 Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) download speed at 101 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)
Only 17% of the 12,000 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 Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) line runs 101 Mbps.
Working from home
GreatStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 88% of Shrub End, Colchester (CO2), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)?
The wholesale networks carrying Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching Shrub End, Colchester (CO2), 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, Zen Internet
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Truespeed
Add to the list Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach is the default network, in case the rest haven't reached your street).
Real provider count in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2): 19 actively selling into addresses.
What broadband coverage does Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) premises but gigabit only 88%, so around 11% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Shrub End, Colchester (CO2), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Shrub End, Colchester (CO2) compares within Colchester
Across 6 postcode districts in Colchester, by premises count, typical speed and gigabit coverage.
Nearby areas
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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 Shrub End, Colchester (CO2)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.