15 providers offer 181 broadband deals in Ridge, from £20 a month (£40 after 12 months) and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 131 Mbps down and 31 Mbps up, 30% above the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 65.4% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Ridge
The best value in Ridge on full first-year cost is 4th Utility's 900Mb Full Fibre (24 Months): £264 across year one, about £22 a month. At 900 Mbps it copes with anything a household runs at once.
Best value in Ridge
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Ridge
The cheapest deal in Ridge 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 £20.86 a month.
Cheapest in Ridge
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Runner-up on price
£19.94/mo
rises to £22.69 in April 2027 (+£2.75)
Fastest broadband deal in Ridge
The fastest deal available in Ridge is Full Fibre 1.6GB from EE at 1,600 Mbps. Zen Internet matches it at the same top speed.
Fastest in Ridge
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Runner-up on speed
£45/mo
No rises, no surprises.
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£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£23/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£23.99/mo
rises to £27.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
£25/mo
rises to £29 in April 2027 (+£4)
Broadband providers in Ridge
15 providers serve Ridge including Sky, BT and Vodafone, 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 Ridge download speed at 131 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Ridge
Only 25% are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 65% 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 Ridge line runs 131 Mbps.
Working from home
GreatStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 65% of Ridge, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Ridge have?
Superfast broadband reaches 67% of Ridge premises and gigabit 65%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Ridge?
Outdoor 5G reaches 94% of Ridge 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.
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Speed and coverage figures for Ridgecome 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.