Home broadband deals in Portsmouth
Portsmouth residents have access to a good variety of fixed-line home broadband services, giving them plenty of choice when it comes to selecting a broadband package.
With 99% coverage for Portsmouth North and South premises, virtually everyone should have access to a superfast standard fibre service with speeds up to 30Mb.
But there's also almost total availability for ultrafast, full fibre deals clocking in at over 100Mbps for over 97% of homes. So if you live in the Portsmouth area or plan to make the move, you should be confident of signing up to speedier deals where needed.
- Speed: 900Mb avg. speed
- Set-up cost: £0
- Contract: 24 months
Rewards:
£31.99 per month
£35.99 from 31st March 2027
£39.99 from 31st March 2028
- Speed: 1.6Gb avg. speed
- Set-up cost: £0
- Contract: 24 months
Rewards:
£33.99 per month
£37.99 from 31st March 2027
£41.99 from 31st March 2028
- Speed: 900Mb avg. speed
- Set-up cost: £0
- Contract: 24 months
Rewards:
£25.99 per month
£29.99 from 31st March 2027
£33.99 from 31st March 2028
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What is Openreach?
Openreach is the company that maintains the former British Telecom Network used for the majority of broadband and phone services. If a repair or installation is required, it’s Openreach who will send an engineer, not your provider.
More than 650 service providers using the Openreach network. That’s the majority of the UK’s broadband providers. This includes Sky, TalkTalk and BT. The exception to this is Virgin Media - it uses its own, separate cable network.
At least 90% of Portsmouth properties can expect to find a Virgin deal.
- Speed: 1.1Gb avg. speed
- Set-up cost: £0
- Contract: 24 months
£24.99 per month
£28.99 from 1st April 2027
£32.99 from 1st April 2028
- Speed: 264Mb avg. speed
- Set-up cost: £0
- Contract: 24 months
£18.99 per month
£22.99 from 1st April 2027
£26.99 from 1st April 2028
Thanks to a partnership between City Fibre and Giganet, there's full fibre broadband in Portsmouth, albeit with limited availability. For Portsmouth North premises, the "altnet" accessibility to FTTP providers is over 73%. If you can get it, this can offer ultrafast speeds of 1Gb+ and provides a competitive alternative option over Openreach and Virgin.
When searching for a broadband package, you can add your address into our deals checker to narrow down the options by location. This will use data from your closest exchange to list only deals which should be available to your home.
Comparing mobile broadband in Portsmouth
When it comes to mobile broadband, Portsmouth is generally well-connected. In the central parts of the city, coverage is ample and available on all four network providers — O2, Three, EE, and Vodafone.
4G is strong across the centre of Portsmouth and out into areas such as Gosport, Fareham, Havant and Porchester. For faster connectivity, there are 5G mobile networks in Portsmouth too, with Three arguably boasting the best coverage.
For the best mobile broadband experience, it’s vital to ensure you have a good signal, so before buying anything, be sure to check coverage for yourself. Click a logo before to jump straight to a network map:
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Where we get our information
We strive to keep our local broadband information as up-to-date as possible. This means using trustworthy sources with regular checks. The information on this page comes from the following:
- Local broadband speed information: labs.thinkbroadband.com/local
- Mobile broadband coverage (1): nperf.com
- Mobile broadband coverage (2): checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage