Direct Save Telecom vs Exascale broadband: prices compared
Direct Save Telecom is cheaper than Exascale 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 Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00 a month over its 24-month contract, with no rise published, read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-14.
2 Direct Save Telecom plans and 3 Exascale 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.
- £29.95 a month over 24 monthsadvertised 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 chargeGo to Direct Save Telecom
- £31.95 a month over 12 monthsadvertised at £31.9535 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 includedGo to Direct Save Telecom
£35.00 a month over 24 monthsadvertised at £35.00 · no in-contract price rises · up to 1000/1000 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfrontstated including VAT; Wi-Fi 7 router included, or £3 a month less with your own; free activationGo to Exascale- £39.00 a month over 24 monthsadvertised at £39.00 · no in-contract price rises · up to 1200/1200 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfrontstated including VAT; Wi-Fi 7 router included, or £3 a month less with your own; free activationGo to Exascale
- £40.00 a month over 24 monthsadvertised at £40.00 · no in-contract price rises · up to 2500/2500 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfrontstated including VAT; Wi-Fi 7 router included, or £3 a month less with your own; free activationGo to Exascale
Related questions
- Which is cheaper at the same speed, Direct Save Telecom or Exascale?
- Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00; at 300 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00; at 500 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00; at 900 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00.
- Do Direct Save Telecom and Exascale raise prices during the contract?
- Direct Save Telecom's page publishes neither a rise nor a promise of none; Exascale's page promises "no in-contract price rises". 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.