22 providers offer 254 broadband deals in Tameside, from £15.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 90 Mbps down and 18 Mbps up, 11% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Tameside
The best value in Tameside 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 Tameside
£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 Tameside
The fastest deal available in Tameside is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps. Next fastest is 2300 Full Fibre 12m from Zzoomm at 2,300 Mbps.
Fastest in Tameside
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Runner-up on speed
2300 Full Fibre 12m
2300 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£49/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£588 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Tameside
The cheapest deal in Tameside 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 Tameside
£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 Tameside
22 providers serve Tameside, 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 Tameside download speed at 90 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Tameside
Only 13% of the 67,000 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 Tameside line runs 90 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 94% of Tameside, and the fastest available is 2,373 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Tameside?
The wholesale networks carrying Tameside broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Altnets present in Tameside, 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
- Hyperoptic
Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run alongside the altnets in Tameside (Openreach is the universal default, so the address question is which altnet, not whether Openreach).
22 providers compete for Tameside broadband customers right now.
What broadband coverage does Tameside have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Tameside premises and gigabit 94%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Tameside?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Tameside homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Tameside, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Tameside neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 128 Mbps in Droylsden to 53 Mbps in Mossley, so your street matters more than the Tameside average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Droylsden M43 | 128 | +38 | 21 | 99% | 94% | 100% |
| Denton M34 | 105 | +15 | 19 | 99% | 96% | 100% |
| Ashton Waterloo OL7 | 98 | +8 | 18 | 99% | 95% | 100% |
| Longdendale SK14 | 84 | -6 | 20 | 98% | 92% | 100% |
| Dukinfield SK16 | 82 | -8 | 17 | 99% | 97% | 100% |
| Ashton St Michael's OL6 | 79 | -11 | 17 | 97% | 94% | 100% |
| Stalybridge SK15 | 65 | -24 | 17 | 99% | 92% | 100% |
| Mossley OL5 | 53 | -37 | 12 | 96% | 88% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Tameside neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Tameside 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 Tamesidecome 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.