18 providers offer 275 broadband deals in Charles Dickens, from £13.50 a month and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 117 Mbps down and 28 Mbps up, 16% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
The best value in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) 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 Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
£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 Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
The fastest deal available in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
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 Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
The cheapest deal in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) is 150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months) from 4th Utility at £13.50 a month for 150 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £13.50 is an intro price that rises to £18.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £162. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Avg £15.75/mo over contract · £378 total over 24 months
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250Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
250 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£16.50/mo
for 12 months, then £22/mo
Avg £19.25/mo over contract · £462 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
150Mb Full Fibre CityFibre (24 Months)
150 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£18.50/mo
for 12 months, then £23.50/mo
Avg £21/mo over contract · £504 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
18 providers serve Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1), 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 Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) download speed at 117 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)
Only 15% of the 8,400 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 86% 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 Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) line runs 117 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 86% of Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)?
The wholesale networks carrying Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Real altnet coverage in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1), 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
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Plus Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach covers virtually every UK premises, so it'll reach you).
Right now 18 providers are running deals to addresses in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1).
What broadband coverage does Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 95% of Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) premises but gigabit only 86%, so around 9% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1) compares within Portsmouth
Across 6 postcode districts in Portsmouth, 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 Charles Dickens, Portsmouth (PO1)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.