18 providers offer 196 broadband deals in Shard End, from £20.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 133 Mbps down and 20 Mbps up, 32% above the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
The best value in Shard End, Birmingham (B34) 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 Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
£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 Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
The fastest deal available in Shard End, Birmingham (B34) is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
The cheapest deal in Shard End, Birmingham (B34) 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. POP Telecom is essentially level at £21.75 a month.
Cheapest in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
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
£21/mo
rises to £24 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £23.25/mo over contract · £558 total over 24 months
Compare broadband deals in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
£21/mo
rises to £24 in April 2027 (+£3)
Avg £23.25/mo over contract · £558 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
M250 Broadband Only
20 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for 2–3 person homes, 4K streaming
£20.99/mo
rises to £24.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £23.99/mo over contract · £576 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
18 providers serve Shard End, Birmingham (B34), 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 Shard End, Birmingham (B34) download speed at 133 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)
Only 20% of the 5,800 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 99% 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 Shard End, Birmingham (B34) line runs 133 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 99% of Shard End, Birmingham (B34), and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Shard End, Birmingham (B34)?
The wholesale networks carrying Shard End, Birmingham (B34) broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Live altnets in Shard End, Birmingham (B34), drawn from the providers actually selling deals here. Where they reach, the gigabit prices are normally the lowest on the page.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
- Netomnia: YouFibre
And the major networks: Openreach and Virgin Media O2 both reach this area (Openreach is the default network, in case the rest haven't reached your street).
18 providers are live with broadband deals in Shard End, Birmingham (B34).
What broadband coverage does Shard End, Birmingham (B34) have?
Superfast broadband reaches 99% of Shard End, Birmingham (B34) premises and gigabit 99%, on Ofcom's premise-level data.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Shard End, Birmingham (B34)?
Outdoor 5G reaches 100% of Shard End, Birmingham (B34) homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 100% of Shard End, Birmingham (B34), enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
How Shard End, Birmingham (B34) compares within Birmingham
Across 43 postcode districts in Birmingham, 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 Shard End, Birmingham (B34)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.