List of broadband providers in the United Kingdom

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

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.


  • Aquiss is a national UK telecommunications provider, founded in 2005, that provides FTTC, FTTP, GPON and Leased Lines to its customers.[1]
  • BT Group: BT Group operates the BT Total Broadband brand and had 4.6 million accounts in January 2009.[2] It also operates under the Plusnet brand. Plusnet was founded in 1997 and purchased by BT in 2007.[3]
  • DWB Media: Founded in 2014 as DWB Media known as dwb, DWB Media offers broadband, wireless internet in rural areas in Staffordshire as well as web hosting, and services for consumers & businesses alike.
  • EE: Operates home broadband under the EE brand, previously operated as Orange Broadband.
  • Exascale is a national UK internet service provider, founded in 2010, that provides FTTP, GPON and Leased Lines to both business and residential customers.[4]
  • Freeola Since 1999 Freeola have been providing internet connections nationwide, starting out as a dial-up provider (one of the last to close the service in 2018), it now providers FTTP, FTTC and ADSL2+ connections to homes and businesses. Together with its sister brand GetDottedd it also provided domain registration and hosting services.[5]
  • Luminet: Founded in 2004 as Urban Wimax,[6] Luminet offers wireless broadband and leased lines, with a particular focus on London.
  • Pine Media: Pine Media offers gigabit FTTP broadband to residents and businesses across South Yorkshire, with a particular focus on Sheffield. [7]
  • 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.[8]
  • 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.[9] In 2013 it acquired O2's home broadband business.[10]
  • TalkTalk: TalkTalk offers broadband service to consumers in the UK.[11] The ISP offers broadband and landline phone services, primarily through LLU.
  • Updata: Updata Infrastructure UK is a broadband provider focusing on public sector.
  • WestNetworks Innovations: is a hybrid communications provider using xDSL, GPON & Fixed Wireless Access.
  • 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.
  • Yayzi Broadband: offers consumers a triple play bundle of TV, broadband, and mobile. They provide FTTC, FTTP, GPON and Leased Lines to its customers.

See also

References
  1. https://www.aquiss.net/
  2. "UK ISP, Cable & Dongle Numbers - Jan 2009", International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and Neilson Ratings via Blogcetera on Blogspot.com, February 4, 2009. Retrieved September 13, 2013.
  3. "BT reel in Madasafish and Plusnet: should customers be worried?". Choose. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. https://www.exascale.co.uk/
  5. https://freeola.com/
  6. "Luminet - Our History". Luminet. Retrieved 2017-01-17.
  7. "Pine Media Gigabit Broadband | Speeds of up to 1,000Mbps". pinemedia.net. Retrieved 2020-12-15.
  8. https://www.thephone.coop/about-us/
  9. "About Us" Archived 2013-07-07 at Archive.today, BE Unlimited, retrieved September 13, 2013.
  10. "Important news about your O2 Home Broadband and Home Phone service", O2, retrieved September 13, 2013.
  11. "Carphone raises profit forecast". BBC News Online. 27 November 2009.
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