18 providers offer 209 broadband deals in Forfar and District, from £15.00 a month and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 54 Mbps down and 13 Mbps up, 47% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
The best value in Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) 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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
£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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
The fastest deal available in Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) is Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium from EE at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
The cheapest deal in Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) 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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
£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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
18 providers serve Forfar and District, Angus (DD8), 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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) download speed at 54 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)
Only 2% of the 7,900 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 52% 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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) line runs 54 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 52% of Forfar and District, Angus (DD8), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)?
The wholesale networks carrying Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching Forfar and District, Angus (DD8), listed below. The companies that build their own fibre rather than reselling someone else's, which is often the cheapest gigabit on the street.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Behind the altnets, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run as the major-network options (Openreach is the default network, in case the rest haven't reached your street).
Live count: 18 providers actively serving Forfar and District, Angus (DD8).
What broadband coverage does Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 71% of Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) premises but gigabit only 52%, so around 19% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 97% of Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 97% of Forfar and District, Angus (DD8), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Forfar and District, Angus (DD8) compares within Angus
Across 5 postcode districts in Angus, 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 Forfar and District, Angus (DD8)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.