20 providers offer 270 broadband deals in Loughton, from £14.75 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 126 Mbps down and 23 Mbps up, 25% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Loughton, Epping Forest
The best value in Loughton, 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 Loughton, 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 Loughton, Epping Forest
The fastest deal available in Loughton, Epping Forest is 5 Gbps Premium Broadband (24m) from Community Fibre at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Loughton, 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 Loughton, Epping Forest
The cheapest deal in Loughton, 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 Loughton, 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 Loughton, Epping Forest
20 providers serve Loughton, 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 Loughton, Epping Forest download speed at 126 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Loughton, Epping Forest
Only 22% of the 10,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 91% 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 Loughton, Epping Forest line runs 126 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 91% of Loughton, Epping Forest, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Loughton, Epping Forest?
The wholesale networks carrying Loughton, Epping Forest broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Where Loughton, Epping Forest has working altnets, the gigabit market suddenly looks competitive. Here are the ones that have built into the streets here.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Community Fibre
- Hyperoptic
Alongside those, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 reach addresses here too (Openreach is the universal default, so the address question is which altnet, not whether Openreach).
Provider competition in Loughton, Epping Forest: 20 providers actively in the market.
What broadband coverage does Loughton, Epping Forest have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Loughton, Epping Forest premises but gigabit only 91%, so around 8% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Loughton, Epping Forest?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Loughton, Epping Forest homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Loughton, Epping Forest, 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 Loughton, 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.