20 providers offer 270 broadband deals in Epping Forest, from £14.75 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 119 Mbps down and 45 Mbps up, 18% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Epping Forest
The best value in Epping Forest 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 Epping Forest
£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 Epping Forest
The fastest deal available in Epping Forest is 5 Gbps Premium Broadband (24m) from Community Fibre at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Epping Forest
5 Gbps Premium Broadband (24m)
5000 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£63/mo
rises to £66 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £65.25/mo over contract · £1566 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Epping Forest
The cheapest deal in Epping Forest is 100 Mbps Fibre Broadband (24m) from Community Fibre at £14.00 a month for 100 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. About level with the UK average.
Cheapest in Epping Forest
100 Mbps Fibre Broadband (24m)
100 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£14/mo
rises to £17 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £16.25/mo over contract · £390 total over 24 months
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500 Mbps Fibre Broadband (24m)
500 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 4–5 person households, heavy use
£16/mo
rises to £19 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £18.25/mo over contract · £438 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 Epping Forest
20 providers serve Epping Forest, with Community Fibre the fastest at 5,000 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 Epping Forest download speed at 119 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Epping Forest
Only 22% of the 42,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 85% 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 Epping Forest line runs 119 Mbps.
Working from home
GreatStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 85% of Epping Forest, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Epping Forest?
The wholesale networks carrying Epping Forest broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Apart from Openreach, here is the network roster for Epping Forest. The smaller altnets are normally the cheapest gigabit when they reach you, and the most patchy when they don't.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Community Fibre
- Hyperoptic
Underpinning the deal mix, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 reach the bulk of addresses (Openreach is everywhere in the UK by default).
There are 20 providers on the live deal list for Epping Forest.
What broadband coverage does Epping Forest have?
Superfast broadband reaches 96% of Epping Forest premises but gigabit only 85%, so around 11% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Epping Forest?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Epping Forest homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Epping Forest, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Epping Forest neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 152 Mbps in Ongar to 110 Mbps in Buckhurst Hill, so your street matters more than the Epping Forest average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ongar CM5 | 152 | +33 | 106 | 91% | 88% | 100% |
| Loughton Forest IG10 | 125 | +6 | 25 | 99% | 91% | 100% |
| Epping CM16 | 119 | 0 | 39 | 96% | 81% | 100% |
| Hainault IG7 | 116 | -3 | 23 | 98% | 89% | 100% |
| Chigwell with Lambourne RM4 | 115 | -4 | 110 | 89% | 84% | 100% |
| Waltham Abbey EN9 | 111 | -8 | 28 | 98% | 86% | 100% |
| Buckhurst Hill IG9 | 110 | -9 | 21 | 99% | 91% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Epping Forest neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Epping Forest average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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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 Epping Forestcome 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.