15 providers offer 140 broadband deals in Shaftesbury, from £20 a month (£40 after 12 months) and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 73 Mbps down and 24 Mbps up, 28% below the UK download average. Full fibre is available to 88.5% of homes.
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Best value broadband deal in Shaftesbury
The best value in Shaftesbury 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 Shaftesbury
£22/mo
for 12 months, then £44/mo
Cheapest broadband deal in Shaftesbury
The cheapest deal in Shaftesbury 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.
Cheapest in Shaftesbury
£20/mo
for 12 months, then £40/mo
Fastest broadband deal in Shaftesbury
The fastest deal available in Shaftesbury is Full Fibre 1.6GB from EE at 1,600 Mbps. Zen Internet matches it at the same top speed.
Fastest in Shaftesbury
£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 Shaftesbury
15 providers serve Shaftesbury 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 Shaftesbury download speed at 73 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Shaftesbury
Only 11% of the 2,800 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 88% 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 Shaftesbury line runs 73 Mbps.
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OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 88% of Shaftesbury, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
What broadband coverage does Shaftesbury have?
Superfast broadband reaches 100% of Shaftesbury premises but gigabit only 88%, so around 12% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Shaftesbury?
Outdoor 5G reaches 94% of Shaftesbury 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 Shaftesburycome 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.