BT vs Gigabit IQ broadband: prices compared
Gigabit IQ is cheaper than BT 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 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 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.
- £29.99 a month over 24 monthsadvertised at £29.99 · up to 900/900 Mbps (average download speed) · £29.00 upfront"Standard Installation - £29"; "24 Month Contract"; prices include VAT; router includedGo to Gigabit IQ
£31.66 a month over 24 monthsadvertised 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- £31.66 a month over 24 monthsadvertised 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 upfronttheir page: "35-36Mbps download speed", "8 - 9Mbps upload"; "Free activation"; 32 Mbps speed guaranteeGo to BT
- £32.66 a month over 24 monthsadvertised 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 guaranteeGo to BT
- £33.66 a month over 24 monthsadvertised 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 guaranteeGo to BT
- £34.66 a month over 24 monthsadvertised 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 guaranteeGo to BT
- £39.99 a month over 24 monthsadvertised 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 includedGo to Gigabit IQ
Related questions
- Which is cheaper at the same speed, BT or Gigabit IQ?
- Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against BT Full Fibre 150 at £31.66; at 300 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against BT Full Fibre 300 at £32.66; at 500 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against BT Full Fibre 500 at £33.66; at 900 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against BT Full Fibre 900 at £34.66.
- Do BT and Gigabit IQ raise prices during the contract?
- BT publishes a rise on 7 of its 7 plans ranked here; 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.