14 providers offer 87 broadband deals in Piccadilly, from £20.63 a month and up to 1,130 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 99 Mbps down and 16 Mbps up, in line with the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
The best value in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) on full first-year cost is Virgin Media O2's M500 Fibre broadband: £300 across year one, about £25 a month. A £120 bill credit is bundled in. At 516 Mbps it copes with anything a household runs at once.
Best value in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
M500 Fibre broadband
36 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for 4–5 person households, heavy use
£23.99/mo
rises to £27.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.99/mo over contract · £648 total over 24 months
Fastest broadband deal in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
The fastest deal available in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) is Gig1 Broadband Only from Virgin Media O2 at 1,130 Mbps.
Fastest in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
Gig1 Broadband Only
41 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for power users & big households
£25.99/mo
rises to £29.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £28.99/mo over contract · £696 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
The cheapest deal in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) is Onestream Fibre 55 from Onestream at £19.94 a month for 40 Mbps. POP Telecom is essentially level at £21.75 a month. Well below the UK average, which shows on a busy evening.
Cheapest in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
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
Runner-up on price
£21/mo
rises to £24 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £23.25/mo over contract · £558 total over 24 months
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150Mb Full Fibre Broadband only
158 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£23.99/mo
rises to £27.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.99/mo over contract · £667 total over 24 months
£24.99/mo
rises to £28.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £28.32/mo over contract · £680 total over 24 months
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.32/mo over contract · £632 total over 24 months
£21/mo
rises to £24 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £23.25/mo over contract · £558 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
14 providers serve Piccadilly, Manchester (M1), with Virgin Media O2 the fastest at 1,130 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 Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) download speed at 99 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)
Only 19% of the 4,900 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 88% 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 Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) line runs 99 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 88% of Piccadilly, Manchester (M1), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)?
The wholesale networks carrying Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Live altnets in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1), drawn from the providers actually selling deals here. Where they reach, the gigabit prices are normally the lowest on the page.
- Hyperoptic
- CityFibre: Vodafone
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 Piccadilly, Manchester (M1): 14 providers actively in the market.
What broadband coverage does Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 94% of Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) premises but gigabit only 88%, so around 6% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Piccadilly, Manchester (M1), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Piccadilly, Manchester (M1) compares within Manchester
Across 18 postcode districts in Manchester, by premises count, typical speed and gigabit coverage.
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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 Piccadilly, Manchester (M1)come 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.