This is a list of some of the broadband providers in the United Kingdom.

  • BRSK is a fibre broadband company that provides broadband to businesses and homes in parts of the North West of England and the West Midlands.
  • BT Group: BT Group operates the BT Total Broadband brand and had 4.6 million accounts in January 2009.[1] It also operates under the Plusnet brand. Plusnet was founded in 1997 and purchased by BT in 2007.[2]
  • EE: Operates home broadband under the EE brand, previously operated as Orange Broadband. EE are now wholly owned by BT Group.
  • Lit Fibre: offers consumers independent Full Fibre Broadband upto 1Gbps upload and download speeds with a focus on community and residential usage.
  • The Phone Co-op is the only UK telecommunications provider which is owned and controlled by its customers, who also share in its profits. Launched in 1998, the business provides residential and business broadband as well as internet hosting and mobile telephony services.[3]
  • Sky Broadband: a digital TV provider that also provides broadband and home phone services. Launched in 2006, it has its headquarters in London, UK. It offers bundle services with TV, home phone and broadband services. It has operated the Be Unlimited brand since February 2013.[4] In 2013 it acquired O2's home broadband business.[5]
  • TalkTalk: TalkTalk offers broadband service to consumers in the UK.[6] The ISP offers broadband and landline phone services, primarily through LLU.
  • Grande Telecom offers broadband and landline & mobile sim rolling contracts to both home users and business users. They operate under few brands GT Business & Optic Broadband.
  • Virgin Media: offers consumers a quadruple play bundle of TV, broadband, home phone and mobile. The company also provides fibre optic (DOCSIS) broadband of up to 500Mbps.
  • YouFibre: offers consumers symmetric services between 150 Mbps and 8000 Mbps to 5% of the UK as of August 2023 via a wholesale XGSPON network provided by sister company Netomnia.[7][8]
  • Freeola: Offers no-contract fibre and SoGEA broadband, as well as VoIP phone services, email and web hosting.[9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "UK ISP, Cable & Dongle Numbers - Jan 2009", International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and Neilson Ratings via Blogcetera on Blogspot.com, February 4, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  2. ↑ "BT reel in Madasafish and Plusnet: should customers be worried?". Choose. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  3. ↑ "About Us |The Phone Coop".
  4. ↑ "About Us" Archived 2013-07-07 at archive.today, BE Unlimited, retrieved September 13, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Important news about your O2 Home Broadband and Home Phone service", O2, retrieved September 13, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Carphone raises profit forecast". BBC News Online. 27 November 2009.
  7. ↑ "YouFibre - Full Fibre Broadband - Fibre Broadband". www.youfibre.com. Retrieved 2023-07-27.
  8. ↑ "Netomnia, YouFibre raise £230m in debt financing | Fibre Systems". www.fibre-systems.com. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
  9. ↑ Jackson, Mark (2019-04-20). "A Quick Price Comparison of G.fast Ultrafast Broadband ISP Packages". ISPreview UK. Retrieved 2023-11-23.
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