18 providers offer 212 broadband deals in Ashton, from £20.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 99 Mbps down and 17 Mbps up, in line with the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Ashton, Preston (PR2)
The best value in Ashton, Preston (PR2) 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 Ashton, Preston (PR2)
£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 Ashton, Preston (PR2)
The fastest deal available in Ashton, Preston (PR2) is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Ashton, Preston (PR2)
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Ashton, Preston (PR2)
The cheapest deal in Ashton, Preston (PR2) 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. Onestream is essentially level at £20.63 a month.
Cheapest in Ashton, Preston (PR2)
300Mb Full Fibre (24 Months)
300 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 4–5 person households, heavy use
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Avg £30/mo over contract · £720 total over 24 months
Runner-up on price
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
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£21/mo
rises to £24 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £23.25/mo over contract · £558 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 Ashton, Preston (PR2)
18 providers serve Ashton, Preston (PR2), 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 Ashton, Preston (PR2) download speed at 99 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Ashton, Preston (PR2)
Only 14% of the 25,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 93% 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 Ashton, Preston (PR2) line runs 99 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 93% of Ashton, Preston (PR2), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Ashton, Preston (PR2)?
The wholesale networks carrying Ashton, Preston (PR2) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Altnets present in Ashton, Preston (PR2), derived from who is actually selling into addresses here. Worth checking your specific address because their footprints can stop and start a few doors apart.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Alongside those, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 reach addresses here too (Openreach is the universal default, so the address question is which altnet, not whether Openreach).
Across the area, 18 providers are listing live deals.
What broadband coverage does Ashton, Preston (PR2) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Ashton, Preston (PR2) premises but gigabit only 93%, so around 6% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Ashton, Preston (PR2)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Ashton, Preston (PR2) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Ashton, Preston (PR2), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Ashton, Preston (PR2) compares within Preston
Across 2 postcode districts in Preston, 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 Ashton, Preston (PR2)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.