Choose Broadband Awards

Community Fibre was recognised in six categories at the Choose Broadband Awards 2023, including:

digital inclusion award 2023
community contribution award 2023
innovation award 2023
fair terms silver award 2023

Community Fibre broadband: What's on offer?

Community Fibre is a London-based full fibre broadband provider, offering symmetrical download and upload speeds of up to 5Gbps to homes across the capital.

Their gigabit-capable broadband is available in 32 London boroughs, with pricing that is often lower than comparable full fibre packages from national providers such as BT and Virgin Media.

Customers can choose from a range of symmetrical speeds, including 75Mbps, 100Mbps, 150Mbps, 200Mbps, 350Mbps, 500Mbps, 600Mbps, 920Mbps, 2.2Gbps or 5Gbps.

Customers can choose between 12, 18 or 24-month contracts, with setup fees often waived as part of promotional offers. Community Fibre state that some installations can be completed in as little as 48 hours, although availability and timings will vary by location.

Broadband plans can be customised with a digital home phone line, a Netgem-powered TV box, and a whole home WiFi guarantee on the 1Gb, 2Gb and 5Gb speed tiers.

Read our full review of Community Fibre broadband here.

Availability of Community Fibre broadband

Community Fibre is available to over 1.3 million properties across London, covering more than one third of London homes and operating in 32 boroughs.

Community Fibre have active connections in the following London boroughs, although not every home in these areas will be covered - to check your postcode use the tool above:

Hillingdon Harrow Barnet Brent
Ealing Hounslow Enfield Haringey
Waltham Forest Redbridge Barking and Dagenham Newham
Hackney Islington Camden Tower Hamlets
City of London Westminster Kensington and Chelsea Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth Lambeth Southwark Lewisham
Greenwich Richmond upon Thames Kingston upon Thames Merton
Sutton Croydon Bromley Bexley

Community Fibre has announced that it will pause further large-scale network expansion after completing current build projects, focusing instead on service delivery in existing areas. Through the acquisition of Box Broadband, the company also has limited coverage in parts of Sussex and Surrey.

For households within its coverage area, Community Fibre provides a competitively priced full fibre broadband option that is often among the lower-cost gigabit services available.

Community Fibre broadband speeds

Community Fibre offers a wide range of broadband speed options, from entry-level superfast packages through to multi-gigabit full fibre connections.

The current broadband speed choices available to customers include 75Mbps, 100Mbps, 150Mbps, 200Mbps, 350Mbps, 500Mbps, 600Mbps, 920Mbps, 2200Mbps and 5000Mbps.

Because Community Fibre use the latest full fibre technology in their network builds, customers also benefit from symmetrical upload speeds, which means uploads are as fast as downloads.

Here are the average download and upload speeds for each Community Fibre broadband deal:

Download speed Upload speed
75Mb Fibre Broadband 75Mb 75Mb
100Mb Fibre Broadband 100Mb 100Mb
150Mb Fibre Broadband 150Mb 150Mb
200Mb Fibre Broadband 200Mb 200Mb
300Mb Fibre Broadband 350Mb 350Mb
500Mb Fibre Broadband 500Mb 500Mb
600Mb Fibre Broadband 600Mb 600Mb
1Gb Fibre Broadband 920Mb 920Mb
2Gb Fibre Broadband 2200Mb 2200Mb
5Gb Fibre Broadband 5000Mb 5000Mb

The advertised averages here must be received by at least 50% of Community Fibre's customers between the peak network hours of 8pm to 10pm in the evening when most people are online.

New customer offers

Community Fibre offer discounted prices for the minimum term when new customers sign up, and the latest prices are available in the comparison of deals above.

New customer offers for Community Fibre generally include money off for the length of the contract and reduced or sometimes free setup.

To see the latest deals available on Community Fibre broadband, compare their packages in the table above where the prices are kept updated. It's important to click through on offers using the 'Get deal' buttons and sign up online to ensure you get the prices listed.

Key terms of Community Fibre broadband deals

Community Fibre offer customers the choice of contract terms between 12, 18 and 24 months in length. This gives customers more flexibility over their package, as cancelling a contract early can incur early termination fees.

Unlike many providers that apply significant price increases once a contract ends, Community Fibre applies a capped out-of-contract price increase of £4 per month.

Community Fibre includes an annual price rise clause in its terms, increasing prices by £2 per month each April. However, current deals are offering fixed prices for the duration of the contract for those who sign up before 2nd February 2026.

Lastly, if customers choose to cancel their service at any point, they'll need to return the router provided by Community Fibre, as well as any TV boxes if they added that service.

Community Fibre social broadband tariff

Community Fibre offer an Essential broadband package for both new and existing customers who may be struggling with the cost of staying connected to an Internet plan.

The Essential package now offers 35Mbps symmetrical download and upload speeds, and costs just £12.50 per month, making it one of the cheapest broadband deals available.

Community Fibre's social tariff is made available to anyone who needs it however, and they don't restrict customers to only those in receipt of certain means-tested benefits. This means, anyone struggling can continue to access broadband at a more affordable price.

However, as with their other plans, Community Fibre's Essential tariff is only available where their existing network reaches, and so those living outside of their network area will need to look at other social broadband options.

Frequently Asked Questions

What router does Community Fibre provide?

Most of the Community Fibre broadband packages come with a WiFi 5 or WiFi 6 enabled Linksys Mesh router.

The Linksys Mesh router offers 6 internal antenna and high-powered amplifiers to boost wireless signal around the home. It can also be connected to additional mesh routers to increase coverage in even the largest of homes.

Customers signing up to Community Fibre 75Mbps will receive a dual-band WiFi 5 router, while those choosing connections from 150Mbps and faster will receive a dual-band WiFi 6 router. Those opting for the fastest 5Gbps plan, will be provided with a Vantiva Technicolor WiFi 6 router instead.

The main difference between these routers is that the newer WiFi 6 router will support faster speeds over wireless when connecting to other WiFi 6 enabled devices.

Does Community Fibre offer a WiFi guarantee?

Community Fibre offers a Premium WiFi service but it's only available on their fastest 1Gbps, 2Gbps and 5Gbps plans.

Customers who take this option get additional Linksys Mesh router devices to place around their home to extend their wireless network, and Community Fibre guarantee minimum download speeds of 50Mbps over WiFi for this service.

If customers do not receive the guaranteed minimum WiFi speed, Community Fibre state they will refund up to three months of broadband subscription, although this does not provide a right to cancel the contract early.

Read more about WiFi guarantees and how they work.

What is the Community Fibre TV add-on?

Community Fibre offer broadband customers an optional TV add-on in partnership with Netgem TV.

The TV add-on costs £12 per month, and customers will receive a 4K TV set-top box, and access to 240 live channels, 30 on-demand apps including Prime Video, Netflix, NOW, Discovery+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4 and My5.

The service provides access to Freeview as well as additional premium channels through Netgem, where customers can also access games and on-demand content through additional subscriptions.

While Netgem TV can be a useful add-on for Community Fibre customers, it offers a more limited range of on-demand apps and content compared with full pay-TV platforms such as Sky or Virgin Media.

Can I get a home phone line with Community Fibre broadband?

Community Fibre broadband is typically a broadband-only service, although customers can choose to add a digital phone line if they wish.

The calls package costs an extra £12 per month, but this includes free anytime calls to both UK landlines and UK mobiles.

Digital phone lines with full fibre broadband are now the norm, and even customers signing up with BT or Virgin Media would also be provided with this type of phone line, so the deal Community Fibre are offering provides good value for money.

How do I switch to Community Fibre broadband?

Signing up to Community Fibre as a new customer is a straightforward process with an installation time as little as 48-hours, and switching providers should also be simple with few additional steps.

The new One Touch Switch system is an industry-wide switching service that means broadband customers now only need to place an order for a new broadband deal and the new provider will handle the switch for them.

This is a process we explain in more detail in our guide to switching broadband.

So, when switching to Community Fibre from another provider or network, customers need to simply choose a deal and place an order. They'll then be contacted by Community Fibre with details on switching dates and any outstanding payments.

Once agreed to, the switch will take place seamlessly, with the new connection going live on the same day as the old service is ended to minimise any downtime.

Customers can search Community Fibre deals using the comparison table above and click through to the Community Fibre website to complete their order.

This comparison is produced and maintained by Choose, under the editorial oversight of Lyndsey Burton, Founder and Managing Director.