21 providers offer 280 broadband deals in Wakes Colne, from £13.50 a month and up to 2,500 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 269 Mbps down and 189 Mbps up, 166% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Wakes Colne, Colchester
The best value in Wakes Colne, Colchester 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 Wakes Colne, Colchester
£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 Wakes Colne, Colchester
The fastest deal available in Wakes Colne, Colchester 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 Wakes Colne, Colchester
£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 Wakes Colne, Colchester
The cheapest deal in Wakes Colne, Colchester 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 Wakes Colne, Colchester
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
£19/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£342 total over 18 months
Broadband providers in Wakes Colne, Colchester
21 providers serve Wakes Colne, Colchester, 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 Wakes Colne, Colchester download speed at 269 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Wakes Colne, Colchester
Only 39% are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 90% 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 Wakes Colne, Colchester line runs 269 Mbps.
Working from home
GreatStreaming and family use
GreatWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 90% of Wakes Colne, Colchester, and the fastest available is 900 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Wakes Colne, Colchester?
The wholesale networks carrying Wakes Colne, Colchester broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Working altnets in Wakes Colne, Colchester, listed by what their resellers are actually selling. Each footprint stops and starts a few doors apart, so address-checking matters more than usual.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- Truespeed
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Hyperoptic
Behind the altnets, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run as the major-network options (Openreach is the default network, in case the rest haven't reached your street).
Real provider count in Wakes Colne, Colchester: 21 actively selling into addresses.
What broadband coverage does Wakes Colne, Colchester have?
Superfast broadband reaches 97% of Wakes Colne, Colchester premises but gigabit only 90%, so around 7% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Wakes Colne, Colchester?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Wakes Colne, Colchester homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Wakes Colne, Colchester, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
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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 Wakes Colne, Colchestercome 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.