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United Kingdom · broadband · Prices checked yesterday · 14 November 2026 · re-read daily

Aquiss vs Gigabit IQ broadband: prices compared

Gigabit IQ is cheaper than Aquiss on each provider's cheapest plan: Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials at £29.99 a month over its 24-month contract, with no rise published against Aquiss City Fibre 160 at £30.00 a month over its 12-month contract, with no rise published, read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-14.

4 Aquiss plans and 2 Gigabit IQ plans are ranked together below on what the contract costs a month, with each provider's published rises counted. Speeds differ between the plans, so the rows show each one's own.

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The plans behind it

UK broadband · read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-14, with the page linked on each row.

  1. £29.99 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £29.99 · up to 900/900 Mbps (average download speed) · £29.00 upfront
    "Standard Installation - £29"; "24 Month Contract"; prices include VAT; router included
    Go to Gigabit IQ
  2. £30.00 a month over 12 months
    advertised at £30.00 · up to 150/150 Mbps (average download speed) · £15.00 a month for the first 3 months, no end date stated; not counted in the figure · nothing to pay upfront
    on the CityFibre network, where it reaches; "£0.00 activation / install"; prices inc VAT; 12 month contract
    Go to Aquiss
  3. £36.00 a month over 12 months
    advertised at £36.00 · up to 75/17 Mbps (average download speed) · £18.00 a month for the first 6 months, no end date stated; not counted in the figure · nothing to pay upfront
    on the Openreach network, where it reaches; "£0.00 activation / install"; prices inc VAT; 12 month contract
    Go to Aquiss
  4. £38.00 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £38.00 · up to 900/900 Mbps (average download speed) · £19.00 a month for the first 3 months, no end date stated; not counted in the figure · nothing to pay upfront
    on the Freedom Fibre network, where it reaches; "£0.00 activation / install"; prices inc VAT; 24 month contract
    Go to Aquiss
  5. £39.99 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £39.99 · up to 900/900 Mbps (average download speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    "Standard Installation - £0"; "24 Month Contract"; prices include VAT; router and its security add-ons included
    Go to Gigabit IQ
  6. £42.00 a month over 12 months
    advertised at £42.00 · up to 200/200 Mbps (average download speed) · £21.00 a month for the first 3 months, no end date stated; not counted in the figure · nothing to pay upfront
    on the Gigaclear network, where it reaches; "£0.00 activation / install"; prices inc VAT; 12 month contract
    Go to Aquiss

Related questions

Which is cheaper at the same speed, Aquiss or Gigabit IQ?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Aquiss City Fibre 160 at £30.00; at 300 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 500 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 900 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00.
Do Aquiss and Gigabit IQ raise prices during the contract?
Aquiss' page publishes neither a rise nor a promise of none; Gigabit IQ's page publishes neither a rise nor a promise of none. Each rise is on the row it belongs to, in the provider's own words and dates.
Can I get these where I live?
Which providers reach an address depends on the postcode, and a row says so where its provider's page limits the price to a place. The postcode check on the main UK page shows which plans can apply where you live; the provider's own checker has the final word.

Where this comes from

Dated 2026-11-14. Nothing is estimated beyond arithmetic the page names, and no provider pays to appear.