18 providers offer 248 broadband deals in Loughton Forest, from £14.75 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 125 Mbps down and 25 Mbps up, 24% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
The best value in Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) 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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
£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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
The fastest deal available in Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) is 5 Gbps Premium Broadband (24m) from Community Fibre at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
The cheapest deal in Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) 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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
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
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 Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
18 providers serve Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10), 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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) download speed at 125 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)
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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) line runs 125 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 91% of Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)?
The wholesale networks carrying Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10), 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
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Community Fibre
And the major networks: Openreach and Virgin Media O2 both reach this area (Openreach is the country-wide baseline, so it's a given).
Live count: 18 providers actively serving Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10).
What broadband coverage does Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) 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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Loughton Forest, Epping Forest (IG10) compares within Epping Forest
Across 7 postcode districts in Epping Forest, by premises count, typical speed and gigabit coverage.
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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 Forest, Epping Forest (IG10)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.