19 providers offer 171 broadband deals in Hillsborough, from £15.00 a month and up to 2,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 85 Mbps down and 24 Mbps up, 16% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
The best value in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) 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 Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
£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 Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
The fastest deal available in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) is Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix from Virgin Media O2 at 2,000 Mbps. Next fastest is Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium from EE at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix
200 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for power users & big households
£51.99/mo
rises to £55.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £54.99/mo over contract · £1320 total over 24 months
Runner-up on speed
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 Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
The cheapest deal in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) 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 Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
£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
£19.99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£360 total over 18 months
Broadband providers in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
19 providers serve Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26), with Virgin Media O2 the fastest at 2,000 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 Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) download speed at 85 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)
Only 15% of the 2,600 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 Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) line runs 85 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 94% of Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)?
The wholesale networks carrying Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Altnets present in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26), 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
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run alongside the altnets in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) (Openreach reaches every address that a postman can find).
Across the area, 19 providers are listing live deals.
What broadband coverage does Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) premises and gigabit 94%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
How Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26) compares within Lisburn and Castlereagh
Across 5 postcode districts in Lisburn and Castlereagh, 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 Hillsborough, Lisburn and Castlereagh (BT26)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.