16 providers offer 187 broadband deals in Irlam, from £20 a month (£40 after 12 months) and up to 2,500 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 144 Mbps down and 23 Mbps up, 43% above the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 95.7% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Irlam
The best value in Irlam 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 Irlam
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Irlam
The cheapest deal in Irlam 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 Irlam
£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 Irlam
The fastest deal available in Irlam is UltraFibre 2500 from POP Telecom at 2,500 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre Max from Zen Internet at 2,300 Mbps.
Fastest in Irlam
£49.99/mo
rises to £52.99 in April 2027 (+£3)
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.
£25/mo
rises to £29 in April 2027 (+£4)
£25.99/mo
rises to £29.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Irlam
16 providers serve Irlam including Virgin Media, Sky and BT, with POP Telecom the fastest at 2,500 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 Irlam download speed at 144 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Irlam
Only 24% of the 6,100 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 96% 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 Irlam line runs 144 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 96% of Irlam, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Irlam have?
Superfast broadband reaches 97% of Irlam premises and gigabit 96%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Irlam?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Irlam 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 Irlam, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
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Speed and coverage figures for Irlamcome 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.