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

Direct Save Telecom vs Aquiss broadband: prices compared

Direct Save Telecom is cheaper than Aquiss on each provider's cheapest plan: Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home at £29.95 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.

2 Direct Save Telecom 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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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. £29.95 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £29.95 · up to 1000 Mbps (average download speed)
    "up to 1Gb/s"; the page does not say whether VAT is included; free router with an £8.95 postage and insurance charge
    Go to Direct Save Telecom
  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. £31.95 a month over 12 months
    advertised at £31.95
    35 and 63 Mb/s average for 50% of customers, the page does not say which goes with which line; the page does not say whether VAT is included
    Go to Direct Save Telecom
  4. £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
  5. £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
  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, Direct Save Telecom or Aquiss?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Aquiss City Fibre 160 at £30.00; at 300 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 500 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 900 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00.
Do Direct Save Telecom and Aquiss raise prices during the contract?
Direct Save Telecom's page publishes neither a rise nor a promise of none; 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.