22 providers offer 243 broadband deals in South Hams, from £15.00 a month and up to 2,300 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 60 Mbps down and 19 Mbps up, 41% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in South Hams
The best value in South Hams 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 South Hams
£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 South Hams
The fastest deal available in South Hams is 2300 Full Fibre 12m from Zzoomm at 2,300 Mbps. BeFibre matches it at the same top speed.
Fastest in South Hams
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 South Hams
The cheapest deal in South Hams 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 South Hams
£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
£19/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£342 total over 18 months
Broadband providers in South Hams
22 providers serve South Hams, 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 South Hams download speed at 60 Mbps.
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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 South Hams line runs 60 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 49% of South Hams, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach South Hams?
The wholesale networks carrying South Hams broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
These are the alternatives to Openreach in South Hams: 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
Sitting alongside, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 cover South Hams as well (Openreach is everywhere in the UK by default).
South Hams sits in the catchment of 22 providers.
What broadband coverage does South Hams have?
Superfast broadband reaches 80% of South Hams premises but gigabit only 49%, so around 31% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in South Hams?
Outdoor 5G reaches 91% of South Hams, but 3% of homes get no indoor 4G from any network, so a mobile backup here wants a window.
Broadband speeds by South Hams neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 65 Mbps in Ermington to 47 Mbps in Totnes, so your street matters more than the South Hams average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ermington PL21 | 65 | +5 | 16 | 85% | 49% | 91% |
| South Brent TQ10 | 62 | +2 | 16 | 81% | 64% | 91% |
| Dartmouth TQ6 | 56 | -3 | 20 | 89% | 56% | 91% |
| Salcombe TQ8 | 56 | -4 | 13 | 92% | 48% | 91% |
| Kingsbridge TQ7 | 55 | -5 | 17 | 77% | 34% | 91% |
| Newton PL8 | 53 | -7 | 51 | 76% | 56% | 91% |
| Totnes TQ9 | 47 | -13 | 12 | 80% | 49% | 91% |
Measured Ofcom data per South Hams neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the South Hams 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 South Hamscome 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.