20 providers offer 301 broadband deals in Birtley, from £13.50 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 62 Mbps down and 16 Mbps up, 39% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Birtley, Gateshead
The best value in Birtley, Gateshead 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 Birtley, Gateshead
£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 Birtley, Gateshead
The fastest deal available in Birtley, Gateshead is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Birtley, Gateshead
Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+
3000 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£80/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1925 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Birtley, Gateshead
The cheapest deal in Birtley, Gateshead is 150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £13.50 a month for 150 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £13.50 is an intro price that rises to £18.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £162. giffgaff is essentially level at £15.00 a month. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Birtley, Gateshead
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Avg £15.75/mo over contract · £378 total over 24 months
Runner-up on price
£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 £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
£29/mo
rises to £31 in April 2027 (+£2)
Avg £30.50/mo over contract · £732 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
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£18.50/mo
for 12 months, then £23.50/mo
Avg £21/mo over contract · £504 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Birtley, Gateshead
20 providers serve Birtley, Gateshead, with Sky 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 Birtley, Gateshead download speed at 62 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Birtley, Gateshead
Only 11% of the 3,800 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 Birtley, Gateshead line runs 62 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 85% of Birtley, Gateshead, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Birtley, Gateshead?
The wholesale networks carrying Birtley, Gateshead broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching Birtley, Gateshead, 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, TalkTalk, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Hyperoptic
Add to the list Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach is built out to roughly every house in the country).
20 providers are live with broadband deals in Birtley, Gateshead.
What broadband coverage does Birtley, Gateshead have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Birtley, Gateshead premises but gigabit only 85%, so around 14% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Birtley, Gateshead?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Birtley, Gateshead homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Birtley, Gateshead, 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 Birtley, Gatesheadcome 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.