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

BT vs Aquiss broadband: prices compared

Aquiss is cheaper than BT on each provider's cheapest plan: Aquiss City Fibre 160 at £30.00 a month over its 12-month contract, with no rise published against BT Full Fibre 150 at £31.66 a month averaged over its 24-month contract (advertised at £26.99), read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-14.

7 BT plans and 4 Aquiss 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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UK broadband · read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-14, with the page linked on each row.

  1. 1.Aquiss · City Fibre 160
    £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
  2. 2.BT · Full Fibre 150
    £31.66 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £26.99 · then £30.99 from March 2027, then £34.99 from March 2028 · up to 150 Mbps (plan speed) · an offer price, no end date stated · nothing to pay upfront
    "£0 activation fee"
    Go to BT
  3. 3.BT · Fibre Essential
    £31.66 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £26.99 · then £30.99 from 31 March 2027, then £34.99 from 31 March 2028 · up to 35/8 Mbps (estimated speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    their page: "35-36Mbps download speed", "8 - 9Mbps upload"; "Free activation"; 32 Mbps speed guarantee
    Go to BT
  4. 4.BT · Fibre 1
    £31.66 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £26.99 · then £30.99 from 31 March 2027, then £34.99 from 31 March 2028 · up to 50/10 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    "Free activation"; 25 Mbps speed guarantee
    Go to BT
  5. 5.BT · Fibre 2
    £31.66 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £26.99 · then £30.99 from 31 March 2027, then £34.99 from 31 March 2028 · up to 74/20 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    "Free activation"; 34 Mbps speed guarantee
    Go to BT
  6. 6.BT · Full Fibre 300
    £32.66 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £27.99 · then £31.99 from 31 March 2027, then £35.99 from 31 March 2028 · up to 300/49 Mbps (plan speed) · an offer price, no end date stated · nothing to pay upfront
    "Free activation"; 150 Mbps speed guarantee
    Go to BT
  7. 7.BT · Full Fibre 500
    £33.66 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £28.99 · then £32.99 from 31 March 2027, then £36.99 from 31 March 2028 · up to 500/73 Mbps (plan speed) · an offer price, no end date stated · nothing to pay upfront
    "Free activation"; 425 Mbps speed guarantee
    Go to BT
  8. 8.BT · Full Fibre 900
    £34.66 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £29.99 · then £33.99 from 31 March 2027, then £37.99 from 31 March 2028 · up to 900/110 Mbps (plan speed) · an offer price, no end date stated · nothing to pay upfront
    "Free activation"; 700 Mbps speed guarantee
    Go to BT
  9. 9.Aquiss · Pure Fibre 80
    £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
  10. 10.Aquiss · Freedom 1000
    £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
  11. 11.Aquiss · Gigaclear 200
    £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
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Related questions

Which is cheaper at the same speed, BT or Aquiss?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Aquiss City Fibre 160 costs £30.00 a month against BT Full Fibre 150 at £31.66; at 300 Mbps or better, BT Full Fibre 300 costs £32.66 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 500 Mbps or better, BT Full Fibre 500 costs £33.66 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 900 Mbps or better, BT Full Fibre 900 costs £34.66 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00.
Do BT and Aquiss raise prices during the contract?
BT publishes a rise on 7 of its 7 plans ranked here; Aquiss' 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.