20 providers offer 237 broadband deals in Barkway, from £15.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 81 Mbps down and 19 Mbps up, 20% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Barkway, North Hertfordshire
The best value in Barkway, North Hertfordshire 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 Barkway, North Hertfordshire
£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 Barkway, North Hertfordshire
The fastest deal available in Barkway, North Hertfordshire is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Barkway, North Hertfordshire
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Barkway, North Hertfordshire
The cheapest deal in Barkway, North Hertfordshire is Fast 24m from giffgaff at £5.00 a month for 200 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £5.00 is an intro price that rises to £25.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £180. Comfortably faster than the UK average.
Cheapest in Barkway, North Hertfordshire
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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£5/mo
for 6 months, then £28/mo
Avg £22.25/mo over contract · £534 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 Barkway, North Hertfordshire
20 providers serve Barkway, North Hertfordshire, with YouFibre the fastest at 7,000 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 Barkway, North Hertfordshire download speed at 81 Mbps.
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Prices drift above the market rate the longer a contract runs, so if you have not compared in over a year you are likely paying more than you need to.
Is your broadband good enough?
The typical Barkway, North Hertfordshire line runs 81 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 30% of Barkway, North Hertfordshire, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Barkway, North Hertfordshire?
The wholesale networks carrying Barkway, North Hertfordshire broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independently-built fibre networks in Barkway, North Hertfordshire, taken from the live deal mix. They don't cover every street, but on streets they reach, they typically beat the Openreach price.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- Hyperoptic
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Of the major networks, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 are also live here (Openreach covers virtually every UK premises, so it'll reach you).
Today's live count in Barkway, North Hertfordshire: 20 providers on the page.
What broadband coverage does Barkway, North Hertfordshire have?
Superfast broadband reaches 94% of Barkway, North Hertfordshire premises but gigabit only 30%, so around 64% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Barkway, North Hertfordshire?
Outdoor 5G reaches 99% of Barkway, North Hertfordshire homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 99% of Barkway, North Hertfordshire, 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 Barkway, North Hertfordshirecome 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.