20 providers offer 301 broadband deals in High Spen, from £13.50 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 38 Mbps down and 10 Mbps up, 62% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in High Spen, Gateshead
The best value in High Spen, 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 High Spen, 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 High Spen, Gateshead
The fastest deal available in High Spen, Gateshead is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in High Spen, 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 High Spen, Gateshead
The cheapest deal in High Spen, 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 High Spen, 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 High Spen, Gateshead
20 providers serve High Spen, 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 High Spen, Gateshead download speed at 38 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in High Spen, Gateshead
Only 2% are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 97% 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 High Spen, Gateshead line runs 38 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 97% of High Spen, Gateshead, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach High Spen, Gateshead?
The wholesale networks carrying High Spen, Gateshead broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Live altnets in High Spen, Gateshead, drawn from the providers actually selling deals here. Where they reach, the gigabit prices are normally the lowest on the page.
- CityFibre: Sky, TalkTalk, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Hyperoptic
Behind the altnets, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run as the major-network options (Openreach is built out to roughly every house in the country).
Provider competition in High Spen, Gateshead: 20 providers actively in the market.
What broadband coverage does High Spen, Gateshead have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of High Spen, Gateshead premises and gigabit 97%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in High Spen, Gateshead?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of High Spen, Gateshead homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of High Spen, 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 High Spen, 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.