15 providers offer 185 broadband deals in Hobson, from £20 a month (£40 after 12 months) and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 40 Mbps down and 11 Mbps up, 60% below the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 25.1% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Hobson
The best value in Hobson on full first-year cost is 4th Utility's 900Mb Full Fibre (24 Months): £264 across year one, about £22 a month. At 900 Mbps it copes with anything a household runs at once.
Best value in Hobson
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Hobson
The cheapest deal in Hobson is 300Mb Full Fibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £20.00 a month for 300 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £20.00 is an intro price that rises to £40.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £240. Onestream is essentially level at £20.86 a month.
Cheapest in Hobson
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Runner-up on price
£19.94/mo
rises to £22.69 in April 2027 (+£2.75)
Fastest broadband deal in Hobson
The fastest deal available in Hobson is Full Fibre 1.6GB from EE at 1,600 Mbps. Zen Internet matches it at the same top speed.
Fastest in Hobson
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Runner-up on speed
£45/mo
No rises, no surprises.
Compare broadband deals in Hobson
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£23/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£23.99/mo
rises to £27.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£25/mo
rises to £29 in April 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Hobson
15 providers serve Hobson including Sky, BT and Vodafone, with EE the fastest at 1,600 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 Hobson download speed at 40 Mbps.
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Slow broadband here is usually the contract, not the line. A faster package may already be available at your address for similar money.
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The typical Hobson line runs 40 Mbps.
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OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 25% of Hobson, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Hobson have?
Superfast broadband reaches 70% of Hobson premises but gigabit only 25%, so around 45% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Hobson?
Outdoor 5G reaches 98% of Hobson homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
The two 5G figures differ. “5G availability” is everyday 5G running on the existing 4G core, which is what most phones show. “Next-gen 5G” is standalone 5G: a full 5G network with lower lag, still reaching fewer places.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 98% of Hobson, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
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Speed and coverage figures for Hobsoncome 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.