16 providers offer 208 broadband deals in Blackrod, from £20 a month (£40 after 12 months) and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 111 Mbps down and 18 Mbps up, 10% above the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 88.5% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Blackrod
The best value in Blackrod 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 Blackrod
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Blackrod
The cheapest deal in Blackrod 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. Virgin Media O2 is essentially level at £20.32 a month.
Cheapest in Blackrod
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Runner-up on price
£18.99/mo
rises to £22.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Fastest broadband deal in Blackrod
The fastest deal available in Blackrod is Full Fibre 1.6GB from EE at 1,600 Mbps. Zen Internet matches it at the same top speed.
Fastest in Blackrod
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Runner-up on speed
£45/mo
No rises, no surprises.
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£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)
£18.99/mo
rises to £22.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Blackrod
16 providers serve Blackrod including Virgin Media, Sky and BT, 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 Blackrod download speed at 111 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Blackrod
Only 18% of the 1,600 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 89% 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 Blackrod line runs 111 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 89% of Blackrod, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Blackrod have?
Superfast broadband reaches 94% of Blackrod premises and gigabit 89%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Blackrod?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Blackrod 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 100% of Blackrod, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
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Speed and coverage figures for Blackrodcome 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.