21 providers offer 236 broadband deals in Newent, from £15.00 a month and up to 2,300 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 80 Mbps down and 35 Mbps up, 21% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
The best value in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) 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 Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
£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 Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
The fastest deal available in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) is 2300 Full Fibre 12m from Zzoomm at 2,300 Mbps. BeFibre matches it at the same top speed.
Fastest in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
2300 Full Fibre 12m
2300 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£49/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£588 total over 12 months
Runner-up on speed
£49/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£588 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
The cheapest deal in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) is Fast 24m from giffgaff at £5.00 a month for 200 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £5.00 is an intro price that rises to £25.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £180. Comfortably faster than the UK average.
Cheapest in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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£5/mo
for 6 months, then £28/mo
Avg £22.25/mo over contract · £534 total over 24 months
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
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 Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
21 providers serve Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18), with BeFibre the fastest at 2,300 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 Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) download speed at 80 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)
Only 9% of the 2,500 connections here 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 Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) line runs 80 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 65% of Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)?
The wholesale networks carrying Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Full-fibre altnets that have rolled out in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18). They don't reach every address, but where they do, the gigabit pricing is normally sharper than the Openreach equivalent.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- BeFibre
- Zzoomm
Plus Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach covers virtually every UK premises, so it'll reach you).
Today's live count in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18): 21 providers on the page.
What broadband coverage does Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 76% of Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) premises but gigabit only 65%, so around 11% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 94% of Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18), but 3% of homes get no indoor 4G from any network, so a mobile backup here wants a window.
How Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18) compares within Forest of Dean
Across 6 postcode districts in Forest of Dean, 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 Newent, Forest of Dean (GL18)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.