20 providers offer 223 broadband deals in Swansea, from £15.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 112 Mbps down and 21 Mbps up, 11% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Swansea
The best value in Swansea 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 Swansea
£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 Swansea
The fastest deal available in Swansea is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Swansea
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Swansea
The cheapest deal in Swansea 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 Swansea
£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 Swansea
20 providers serve Swansea, with YouFibre the fastest at 7,000 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 Swansea download speed at 112 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Swansea
Only 16% of the 76,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 86% 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 Swansea line runs 112 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 86% of Swansea, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Swansea?
The wholesale networks carrying Swansea broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Real altnet coverage in Swansea, not the press release version. The list comes from who is actually selling deals at addresses here, network by network.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Then there's Openreach and Virgin Media O2 (Openreach is laid to virtually every UK address).
Currently 20 providers have addressable deals in Swansea.
What broadband coverage does Swansea have?
Superfast broadband reaches 96% of Swansea premises but gigabit only 86%, so around 10% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Swansea?
Outdoor 5G reaches 99% of Swansea homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 99% of Swansea, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Swansea neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 133 Mbps in Castle to 93 Mbps in Mumbles, so your street matters more than the Swansea average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle SA1 | 133 | +22 | 23 | 98% | 90% | 99% |
| Sketty SA2 | 126 | +15 | 20 | 99% | 94% | 99% |
| Penderry SA5 | 117 | +6 | 19 | 95% | 90% | 99% |
| Llansamlet SA7 | 110 | -1 | 32 | 97% | 82% | 99% |
| Morriston SA6 | 99 | -12 | 17 | 96% | 85% | 99% |
| Gorseinon and Penyrheol SA4 | 94 | -18 | 20 | 93% | 81% | 98% |
| Mumbles SA3 | 93 | -19 | 20 | 95% | 77% | 99% |
Measured Ofcom data per Swansea neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Swansea 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 Swanseacome 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.