Ofcom banned inflation linked price rises. Three quarters of customers ended up worse off. Here is what your provider is actually charging you.
The biggest mid contract rise applied in April 2026 was £4 a month. On a £28 budget package that is a 14% rise, against inflation of 3.2%.
Source: Provider price lists
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Ofcom average standalone broadband spend. If you are out of contract, expect to be about 25% above it.
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Sorted by what you actually pay across the whole contract, not by the headline price. Every other comparison site ranks on the advertised figure, which is the one number guaranteed to be wrong by April.
Contract total assumes a contract starting September 2026 and the annual April price rise applying in April 2027 and April 2028, at the amount each provider has already published. Providers with no scheduled rise are shown at a flat price. Advertised monthly prices for new customers, checked against provider published price lists. Broadband pricing is postcode dependent, so treat these as indicative and confirm at your own address.
| Package | Advertised | Annual rise | Final price | True average | Contract total | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community Fibre Full Fibre 150 · 150Mb |
£17.99 advertised |
No rise | £17.99 by the end |
£17.99 true monthly average |
£432 over 24 months |
Fixed price promotion. Confirm it still applies when you sign. |
| Community Fibre Full Fibre 500 · 500Mb |
£20.00 advertised |
No rise | £20.00 by the end |
£20.00 true monthly average |
£480 over 24 months |
London only. |
| toob Full Fibre 150 · 150Mb |
£18.00 advertised |
+£3.00/yr | £24.00 by the end |
£20.75 true monthly average |
£498 over 24 months |
toob publishes its future prices on the product page, which is unusually honest. |
| Gigaclear Fibre 300 · 300Mb |
£19.00 advertised |
+£3.00/yr | £22.00 by the end |
£20.83 true monthly average |
£375 over 18 months |
Limited footprint, rural focus. |
| Onestream Fibre 40 · 40Mb |
£19.94 advertised |
+£3.00/yr | £25.94 by the end |
£22.69 true monthly average |
£545 over 24 months |
Part fibre. This tier is being withdrawn ahead of the copper switch off. |
| Plusnet Full Fibre 74 · 74Mb |
£20.99 advertised |
+£4.00/yr | £28.99 by the end |
£24.66 true monthly average |
£592 over 24 months |
BT Group. The £4 rise applies twice over a 24 month term. |
| toob Full Fibre 900 · 900Mb |
£22.00 advertised |
+£3.00/yr | £28.00 by the end |
£24.75 true monthly average |
£594 over 24 months |
Same package on a rolling monthly term is £39. |
| Community Fibre Full Fibre 1 Gig · 1Gb |
£25.00 advertised |
No rise | £25.00 by the end |
£25.00 true monthly average |
£600 over 24 months |
London only. |
| Sky Full Fibre 150 · 150Mb |
£23.00 advertised |
+£3.00/yr | £29.00 by the end |
£25.75 true monthly average |
£618 over 24 months |
Sky does not fix its rise in pounds and pence for existing customers, so year two is not contractually certain. |
| EE Full Fibre 150 · 150Mb |
£22.99 advertised |
+£4.00/yr | £30.99 by the end |
£26.66 true monthly average |
£640 over 24 months |
BT Group. |
| Vodafone Fibre 2 · 73Mb |
£26.00 advertised |
+£3.50/yr | £33.00 by the end |
£29.21 true monthly average |
£701 over 24 months |
|
| toob Full Fibre 2300 · 2.3Gb |
£29.00 advertised |
+£3.00/yr | £35.00 by the end |
£31.75 true monthly average |
£762 over 24 months |
|
| Virgin Media M250 · 250Mb |
£29.99 advertised |
+£4.00/yr | £33.99 by the end |
£32.43 true monthly average |
£584 over 18 months |
|
| Zen Internet Full Fibre 500 · 500Mb |
£39.00 advertised |
No rise | £39.00 by the end |
£39.00 true monthly average |
£936 over 24 months |
Zen contractually promises no in contract increases for the full term. Confirmed on its own site. |
| Zen Internet Full Fibre 910 · 910Mb |
£45.00 advertised |
No rise | £45.00 by the end |
£45.00 true monthly average |
£1,080 over 24 months |
No in contract increases. |
The things that stop the headline figure being misread.
Already dated. Nothing here is a forecast.
Openreach raises legacy copper and PSTN wholesale prices by a further 40%, roughly doubling 2025 rates cumulatively. Entry level part fibre packages get squeezed.
The analogue phone network is fully retired. About 2.8 million lines still to migrate.
Next annual round of mid contract rises, already written into contracts signed today.
The full published figures, for anyone who wants to check our working or find their own line.
In pounds and pence per month, as Ofcom now requires. The amount depends on when you signed, which is why two people with the same package pay different rises. Sky is the outlier: it did not adopt fixed pounds and pence for existing customers, so a Sky customer has no contractual certainty about year two.
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| Provider | Service | Rise | Applied | Cohort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EE | Broadband | £4.00 | 31 Mar 2026 | Signed from 6 Aug 2025 |
| EE | Handset plans | £4.00 | 31 Mar 2026 | Signed from 10 Sep 2024 |
| EE | SIM only | £2.50 | 31 Mar 2026 | Signed from 31 Jul 2025 |
| BT | Broadband, in contract | £3.00 to £4.00 | 31 Mar 2026 | By signing date |
| BT | Broadband, out of contract | £4.00 | 1 Mar 2026 | All |
| Virgin Media | Broadband, TV, phone | £4.00 | Apr 2026 | Signed from 2 Oct 2025 |
| Virgin Media | Broadband, TV, phone | £3.50 | Apr 2026 | Jan to Oct 2025 |
| TalkTalk | Broadband | £4.00 | Apr 2026 | Signed from 16 Nov 2025 |
| TalkTalk | Broadband | £3.00 | Apr 2026 | Aug 2024 to Nov 2025 |
| Vodafone | Home broadband | £3.50 | 1 Apr 2026 | All |
| Vodafone | Pay monthly mobile | £2.50 | 1 Apr 2026 | Airtime only, device plans excluded |
| Sky | Broadband | £3.00 | 1 Apr 2026 | Notified, not contractually fixed |
| O2 | Pay monthly and SIM only | £2.50 | Apr 2026 | Raised from £1.80 in Oct 2025 |
| Three | Mobile, 100GB and above | £2.30 | 1 Apr 2026 | Signed from 9 Nov 2025 |
| Three | Mobile, 5 to 99GB | £1.90 | 1 Apr 2026 | Signed from 9 Nov 2025 |
| Three | Mobile, 4GB and under | £1.80 | 1 Apr 2026 | Signed from 9 Nov 2025 |
| Three | Home broadband | £3.50 | 1 Apr 2026 | Signed from 9 Nov 2025 |
Only the two marked confirmed were verified on the provider's own website. The rest are reported by consumer press and should be checked against your own contract before you rely on them. Two providers widely listed as no rise, toob and Hyperoptic, appear to be wrong: toob's own site displays scheduled 2027 prices.
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| Provider | Commitment | Verified |
|---|---|---|
| Zen Internet | No in contract increases on all plans, full term | Confirmed |
| SMARTY | No annual rises on rolling one month plans | Confirmed |
| giffgaff | No mid contract rises on 18 month and rolling | Reported |
| iD Mobile | No rises on SIM only. Handset contracts excluded | Reported |
| Lebara | Fixed pricing since 2020 | Reported |
| Talkmobile | No rises on 12 month and 1 month SIM only | Reported |
| ASDA Mobile | No in contract rises, 12 and 24 month SIM only | Reported |
| VOXI | No annual rises on rolling subscriptions | Reported |
| Ecotalk | No price rises ever, 30 day rolling | Reported |
Ofcom's list, last updated 17 August 2026. Standard eligibility means Universal Credit, Pension Credit, ESA, JSA or Income Support. Ofcom found 70% of eligible households do not know these exist. Only 532,000 people are on one.
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| Provider | Price | Speed | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hyperoptic Fair Fibre Fast | £12.00 | 50Mb | England, Scotland, Wales |
| EE Basics | £12.00 | 25Mb | UK |
| Community Fibre Essential | £12.50 | 35Mb | London |
| Virgin Media Essential | £12.50 | 15Mb | UK |
| Hyperoptic Fair Fibre Superfast | £13.00 | 150Mb | England, Scotland, Wales |
| 4th Utility | £13.99 | 30Mb | England |
| Fibrus Full Fibre Essential | £14.99 | 50Mb | Northern Ireland, Cumbria |
| KCOM Full Fibre Flex | £14.99 | 30Mb | Hull |
| toob essentials | £15.00 | 50Mb | Hampshire, Southampton, Surrey |
| G.Network Essential | £15.00 | 50Mb | London |
| Sky Broadband Basics | £20.00 | 36Mb | UK |
| Vodafone Fibre 2 Essentials | £20.00 | 73Mb | UK |
| O2 Essential Plan, mobile | £10.00 | 5G | UK |
| VOXI For Now, mobile | £10.00 | 5G | UK |
| SMARTY Social, mobile | £12.00 | 5G | UK |
Thirty three broadband tariffs and three mobile tariffs for people on means tested benefits, starting at £12 a month for 50Mb. Only 532,000 households are on one, and Ofcom's own research found 70% of eligible households do not know they exist.
Source: Ofcom
An analysis of 47,000 tariffs covering April 2024 to March 2026 found 75% of customers are worse off than they would have been under the old inflation linked system, and 99% face above inflation rises. A low data mobile contract at £8 a month sees a 31% rise where the old rules would have given about 7.3%.
Ofcom has published no assessment of its own policy. The only two evaluations are from Citizens Advice and MoneySavingExpert, and both conclude it failed.
Source: MoneySavingExpert
BT, EE, Virgin Media and TalkTalk applied £4 a month to their newest contract cohorts. Vodafone took £3.50 on home broadband and £2.50 on mobile airtime, O2 £2.50, Sky £3 on broadband, Three between £1.80 and £2.30 depending on data allowance. On a £28 budget package a £4 rise is 14%, against CPI of 3.2%.
Sky is the outlier. It did not adopt fixed pounds and pence for existing customers, so a Sky customer signing today has no contractual certainty about what year two costs.
Source: EE
Awareness of mid contract rises among people on new contracts rose only to 38% for mobile and 36% for broadband, from 30% and 29%. A £4 rise is about 11.1% on a typical bill against CPI of 3.2%, more than three times inflation, and it lands hardest on the cheapest packages. Citizens Advice is calling for mid contract rises to be banned outright.
Source: Citizens Advice
Retail prices are postcode dependent and change weekly. Treat any advertised price as indicative and check your own address.
BT's and Sky's own pages deliberately omit the pounds and pence figures and direct customers to their individual notification. Those two rows come from consumer press rather than the provider.
The no rise commitments marked reported were not confirmed on the provider's own site. Do not rely on them without checking your contract.
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