20 providers offer 297 broadband deals in Dorset, from £13.50 a month (£18 after 12 months) and up to 5,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 62 Mbps down and 18 Mbps up, 39% below the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 72.2% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Dorset
The best value in Dorset on full first-year cost is 4th Utility's 300Mbps Full Fibre (24 Months): £225 across year one, about £19 a month. At 300 Mbps it copes with anything a household runs at once.
Best value in Dorset
£18.75/mo
for 12 months, then £25/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Dorset
The cheapest deal in Dorset is 150Mbps Full Fibre (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. Next cheapest is Rise Fibre at £18.00 a month. Above the UK average on download.
Cheapest in Dorset
£13.50/mo
for 12 months, then £18/mo
Runner-up on price
£18/mo
for 12 months, then £23/mo
Fastest broadband deal in Dorset
The fastest deal available in Dorset is Full Fibre 5 Gigafast+ from Sky at 5,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Dorset
£50/mo
No rises, no surprises.
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£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£19/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£18/mo
for 12 months, then £23/mo
£25/mo
rises to £29 in April 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Dorset
20 providers serve Dorset including Virgin Media, BT and Vodafone, 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 Dorset download speed at 62 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Dorset
Only 4% of the 115,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 72% 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 Dorset line runs 62 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 72% of Dorset, and the fastest available is 2,111 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Dorset have?
Superfast broadband reaches 95% of Dorset premises but gigabit only 72%, so around 23% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Dorset?
Outdoor 5G reaches 94% of Dorset homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
The two 5G figures differ. “5G availability” is everyday 5G running on the existing 4G core, which is what most phones show. “Next-gen 5G” is standalone 5G: a full 5G network with lower lag, still reaching fewer places.
Broadband speeds by Dorset neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 90 Mbps in Lytchett Matravers to 48 Mbps in Ferndown, so your street matters more than the Dorset average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lytchett Matravers BH16 | 90 | +28 | 19 | 97% | 80% | 95% |
| Gillingham SP8 | 76 | +14 | 24 | 97% | 87% | 94% |
| Shaftesbury SP7 | 75 | +13 | 27 | 94% | 83% | 94% |
| Chalk Valleys DT2 | 74 | +12 | 24 | 91% | 60% | 94% |
| Verwood BH31 | 68 | +6 | 23 | 96% | 88% | 94% |
| Dorchester DT1 | 67 | +5 | 19 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| Littlemoor DT3 | 64 | +2 | 17 | 96% | 76% | 94% |
| Beaminster DT8 | 64 | +2 | 18 | 92% | 67% | 94% |
| Wimborne Minster BH21 | 63 | +1 | 17 | 94% | 80% | 95% |
| Blandford DT11 | 61 | -1 | 20 | 96% | 84% | 94% |
| Stalbridge DT10 | 60 | -2 | 19 | 98% | 88% | 94% |
| Wareham BH20 | 58 | -3 | 14 | 89% | 55% | 94% |
| Bridport DT6 | 58 | -4 | 13 | 93% | 40% | 94% |
| Sherborne DT9 | 57 | -4 | 17 | 96% | 67% | 94% |
| Portland DT5 | 56 | -6 | 15 | 97% | 84% | 94% |
| Rodwell DT4 | 56 | -6 | 16 | 99% | 74% | 94% |
| Lyme DT7 | 52 | -10 | 15 | 91% | 44% | 92% |
| Swanage BH19 | 49 | -13 | 12 | 96% | 64% | 94% |
| Ferndown BH22 | 48 | -14 | 12 | 97% | 75% | 94% |
Measured Ofcom data per Dorset neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Dorset average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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Speed and coverage figures for Dorsetcome 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.