19 providers offer 218 broadband deals in Oldham, from £15.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 107 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up, 6% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Oldham
The best value in Oldham 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 Oldham
£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 Oldham
The fastest deal available in Oldham is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Oldham
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Oldham
The cheapest deal in Oldham is Fast 24m from giffgaff at £5.00 a month for 200 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £5.00 is an intro price that rises to £25.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £180. Comfortably faster than the UK average.
Cheapest in Oldham
£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 £28/mo
Avg £22.25/mo over contract · £534 total over 24 months
Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium
115 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £37.32/mo over contract · £896 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
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
Broadband providers in Oldham
19 providers serve Oldham, with YouFibre the fastest at 7,000 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 Oldham download speed at 107 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Oldham
Only 16% of the 63,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 94% 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 Oldham line runs 107 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 94% of Oldham, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Oldham?
The wholesale networks carrying Oldham broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Apart from Openreach, here is the network roster for Oldham. The smaller altnets are normally the cheapest gigabit when they reach you, and the most patchy when they don't.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Underpinning the deal mix, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 reach the bulk of addresses (Openreach is everywhere in the UK by default).
There are 19 providers on the live deal list for Oldham.
What broadband coverage does Oldham have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Oldham premises and gigabit 94%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Oldham?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Oldham homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Oldham, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Oldham neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 124 Mbps in Failsworth to 57 Mbps in Saddleworth, so your street matters more than the Oldham average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Failsworth M35 | 124 | +17 | 27 | 100% | 97% | 100% |
| Chadderton OL9 | 119 | +12 | 20 | 100% | 97% | 100% |
| Shaw OL2 | 117 | +9 | 20 | 99% | 96% | 100% |
| Hollinwood OL8 | 113 | +6 | 20 | 99% | 96% | 100% |
| St James' OL1 | 103 | -4 | 19 | 98% | 95% | 100% |
| Saddleworth OL4 | 99 | -9 | 19 | 99% | 96% | 100% |
| Saddleworth OL3 | 57 | -50 | 15 | 92% | 83% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Oldham neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Oldham average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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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 Oldhamcome 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.