TalkTalk Broadband Deals

TalkTalk Broadband: What's on offer?

TalkTalk offer a range of broadband deals across the UK, including both part-fibre and full fibre connections.

While TalkTalk used to be best known as a budget broadband provider, they've more recently refocused their service towards offering more premium features, including the latest routers and a TV service.

Customers can choose from one of the following TalkTalk broadband deals:

• Fibre 35
• Fibre 65
• Full Fibre 150
• Full Fibre 500
• Full Fibre 900

Each of these broadband deals can be bundled with TalkTalk TV, including discounts on NOW Memberships as well as access to Netflix and other on-demand apps.

Read more in our review of TalkTalk broadband.

Availability of TalkTalk broadband

TalkTalk broadband is available to the majority of homes in the UK, operating both an LLU part-fibre network, and offering full fibre through both Openreach and CityFibre.

For full fibre broadband, Openreach currently passes over 11 million premises, while CityFibre has so passed 2.5 million.

Both networks have ambitious rollout plans, with Openreach aiming to cover 25 million premises by the end of 2026, and CityFibre aiming to reach 8 million by 2025.

TalkTalk offer a full fibre first approach, which means where it's available customers can only connect to TalkTalk through a full fibre to the home installation. However, they do offer a Full Fibre 65 plan for those on a budget who don't want ultrafast speeds.

TalkTalk broadband speeds

TalkTalk offer broadband speeds ranging from 11Mbps to 944Mbps on average at peak times, while upload speeds range from 1Mbps to 91Mbps.

Speeds available to homes will vary between locations, so it's worthwhile entering your postcode above to see the TalkTalk broadband deals available to you.

Households living within full fibre enabled areas should be able to choose from download speeds including 152Mbps, 525Mbps, and 944Mbps. While those who have yet to be reached by the full fibre rollout can choose from speeds including 38Mbps and 67Mbps.

TalkTalk also still offer their basic copper line for any homes that don't have superfast fibre or full fibre, which could include those living on exchange only lines. TalkTalk Fast Broadband offers average download speeds of 11Mbps.

Here are the average download and upload speeds of each TalkTalk broadband plan:

The advertised averages here must be received by at least 50% of TalkTalk customers during the peak hours of 8pm to 10pm in the evening when the network is busiest.

In addition, TalkTalk offer customers personalised estimates when they sign up, along with a minimum guaranteed speed. If customers receive a broadband speed less than this minimum for 3 consecutive days or more, and TalkTalk are unable to resolve the issue within 30 days, they are free to exit their contracts early without penalty.

TalkTalk TV

TalkTalk TV is available exclusively to TalkTalk broadband customers, and can be taken on a rolling monthly contract, with just 48 hours' notice to cancel.

The service costs £5 per month, and includes an Ultra HD set-top box, along with access to Freeview and a range of on-demand apps, including Netflix, NOW, and Prime Video.

While the TalkTalk TV service largely remains the same across all broadband deals, there are two different TV boxes which are provided based on the broadband package:

• Fibre 35 and Fibre 65 come with the Netgem 4K TV box, customers also benefit from over 210 live channels including 45 sports channels
• Full Fibre 150, Full Fibre 500 and Full Fibre 900 come with the Android-powered TV Hub, this offers access to the Google Play Store and over 10,000 apps

At the time of writing TalkTalk broadband customers can get special discounts on NOW TV Memberships when they sign up to TalkTalk TV.

Read more in our review of TalkTalk TV.

New customer offers

The TalkTalk broadband deals in the table above are made available for new customers of TalkTalk only, which means households will need to have had a broadband plan from another provider for at least around 3 months to be eligible for these deals.

New customer offers for TalkTalk broadband include money off each month, as well as occasional reward cards that can be spent at a choice of retailers including Tesco, Amazon, M&S, or wherever MasterCard is accepted.

Customers choosing to bundle TalkTalk TV with broadband can also sometimes access money-off deals with NOW TV and Netflix.

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

Key terms of TalkTalk broadband deals

TalkTalk broadband comes with a minimum contract term of 18-months, with cancellation before this period incurring early termination fees.

TalkTalk also reserve the right to increase prices on an annual basis by Consumer Price Index (CPI) + 3.7%. This means the price of the broadband deal will increase in April of each year with inflation even for customers still within a minimum term.

TalkTalk TV is made available on a 30-day minimum term, and once the initial 30 days is up customers can cancel the add-on with just 48 hours' notice. However, the TalkTalk TV box remains property of TalkTalk and if the TV add-on is cancelled TalkTalk say some of the box features may stop working.

Lastly, households who sign up to TalkTalk full fibre broadband will not be provided with a home phone line and there is no option to add one.