19 providers offer 217 broadband deals in Ards and North Down, from £15.00 a month and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 130 Mbps down and 28 Mbps up, 29% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Ards and North Down
The best value in Ards and North Down 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 Ards and North Down
£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 Ards and North Down
The fastest deal available in Ards and North Down is Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium from EE at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Ards and North Down
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
Cheapest broadband deal in Ards and North Down
The cheapest deal in Ards and North Down 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 Ards and North Down
£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
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
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 Ards and North Down
19 providers serve Ards and North Down, with EE the fastest at 1,600 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 Ards and North Down download speed at 130 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Ards and North Down
Only 21% of the 45,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 95% 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 Ards and North Down line runs 130 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 95% of Ards and North Down, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Ards and North Down?
The wholesale networks carrying Ards and North Down broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Altnets present in Ards and North Down, 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
Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run alongside the altnets in Ards and North Down (Openreach has a nationwide footprint, so it'll be available).
Across the area, 19 providers are listing live deals.
What broadband coverage does Ards and North Down have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Ards and North Down premises and gigabit 95%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Ards and North Down?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Ards and North Down homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Ards and North Down, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Ards and North Down neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 152 Mbps in Helen's Bay to 93 Mbps in Carrowdore, so your street matters more than the Ards and North Down average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen's Bay BT19 | 152 | +22 | 29 | 100% | 97% | 100% |
| Cultra BT18 | 140 | +10 | 27 | 100% | 91% | 100% |
| Harbour BT20 | 135 | +5 | 27 | 100% | 93% | 100% |
| Killinchy BT23 | 128 | -2 | 27 | 99% | 94% | 100% |
| Warren BT21 | 102 | -28 | 26 | 99% | 95% | 100% |
| Carrowdore BT22 | 93 | -37 | 26 | 99% | 96% | 100% |
Measured Ofcom data per Ards and North Down neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Ards and North Down 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 Ards and North Downcome 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.