18 providers offer 213 broadband deals in Exeter, from £20.00 a month and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 137 Mbps down and 23 Mbps up, 36% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Exeter
The best value in Exeter 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 Exeter
£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 Exeter
The fastest deal available in Exeter is Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium from EE at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Exeter
Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium
115 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £37.32/mo over contract · £896 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Exeter
The cheapest deal in Exeter 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 Exeter
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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£21/mo
rises to £24 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £23.25/mo over contract · £558 total over 24 months
Gig1 Broadband Only
41 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for power users & big households
£25.99/mo
rises to £29.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £28.99/mo over contract · £696 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
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
Broadband providers in Exeter
18 providers serve Exeter, 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 Exeter download speed at 137 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Exeter
Only 20% of the 39,000 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 Exeter line runs 137 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 88% of Exeter, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Exeter?
The wholesale networks carrying Exeter broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
These are the alternatives to Openreach in Exeter: smaller infrastructure firms that have laid their own fibre. The pricing pressure they create is good news on a Saturday morning bill review.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Sitting alongside, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 cover Exeter as well (Openreach covers every UK premises bar a tiny remote tail).
Exeter sits in the catchment of 18 providers.
What broadband coverage does Exeter have?
Superfast broadband reaches 96% of Exeter premises but gigabit only 88%, so around 8% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Exeter?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Exeter homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Exeter, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Exeter neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 141 Mbps in Newtown and St Leonard's to 99 Mbps in Topsham, so your street matters more than the Exeter average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newtown and St Leonard's EX1 | 141 | +4 | 24 | 97% | 91% | 98% |
| Duryard and St James EX4 | 137 | 0 | 23 | 92% | 83% | 100% |
| Alphington EX2 | 134 | -3 | 24 | 96% | 88% | 100% |
| Topsham EX3 | 99 | -38 | 16 | 97% | 94% | 97% |
Measured Ofcom data per Exeter neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Exeter average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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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 Exetercome 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.