19 providers offer 273 broadband deals in Rochester, from £20.00 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 123 Mbps down and 21 Mbps up, 22% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Rochester, Medway (ME1)
The best value in Rochester, Medway (ME1) 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 Rochester, Medway (ME1)
£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 Rochester, Medway (ME1)
The fastest deal available in Rochester, Medway (ME1) is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Rochester, Medway (ME1)
Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+
3000 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£80/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1925 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Rochester, Medway (ME1)
The cheapest deal in Rochester, Medway (ME1) 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. Onestream is essentially level at £20.63 a month.
Cheapest in Rochester, Medway (ME1)
300Mb Full Fibre (24 Months)
300 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 4–5 person households, heavy use
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Avg £30/mo over contract · £720 total over 24 months
Runner-up on price
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
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£20.95/mo
rises to £23.70 in April 2027 (+£2.75)
Avg £23.01/mo over contract · £552 total over 24 months
£29/mo
rises to £31 in April 2027 (+£2)
Avg £30.50/mo over contract · £732 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
M250 Broadband Only
20 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£20.99/mo
rises to £24.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £23.99/mo over contract · £576 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Rochester, Medway (ME1)
19 providers serve Rochester, Medway (ME1), with Sky the fastest at 5,000 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 Rochester, Medway (ME1) download speed at 123 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Rochester, Medway (ME1)
Only 18% of the 11,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 85% 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 Rochester, Medway (ME1) line runs 123 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 85% of Rochester, Medway (ME1), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Rochester, Medway (ME1)?
The wholesale networks carrying Rochester, Medway (ME1) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Real altnet coverage in Rochester, Medway (ME1), not the press release version. The list comes from who is actually selling deals at addresses here, network by network.
- CityFibre: Sky, TalkTalk, The One Broadband, Vodafone, Zen Internet
- Hyperoptic
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Then there's Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach is on every street, so the interesting variable is the altnets).
Right now 19 providers are running deals to addresses in Rochester, Medway (ME1).
What broadband coverage does Rochester, Medway (ME1) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 98% of Rochester, Medway (ME1) premises but gigabit only 85%, so around 13% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Rochester, Medway (ME1)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Rochester, Medway (ME1) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Rochester, Medway (ME1), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Rochester, Medway (ME1) compares within Medway
Across 7 postcode districts in Medway, 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 Rochester, Medway (ME1)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.