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

Exascale vs Aquiss broadband: prices compared

Aquiss is cheaper than Exascale 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 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.

3 Exascale 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. £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. £35.00 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £35.00 · no in-contract price rises · up to 1000/1000 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    stated including VAT; Wi-Fi 7 router included, or £3 a month less with your own; free activation
    Go to Exascale
  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. £39.00 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £39.00 · no in-contract price rises · up to 1200/1200 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    stated including VAT; Wi-Fi 7 router included, or £3 a month less with your own; free activation
    Go to Exascale
  6. £40.00 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £40.00 · no in-contract price rises · up to 2500/2500 Mbps (plan speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    stated including VAT; Wi-Fi 7 router included, or £3 a month less with your own; free activation
    Go to Exascale
  7. £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, Exascale or Aquiss?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Aquiss City Fibre 160 costs £30.00 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00; at 300 Mbps or better, Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps costs £35.00 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 500 Mbps or better, Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps costs £35.00 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00; at 900 Mbps or better, Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps costs £35.00 a month against Aquiss Freedom 1000 at £38.00.
Do Exascale and Aquiss raise prices during the contract?
Exascale's page promises "no in-contract price rises"; 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.