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

Exascale vs Gigabit IQ broadband: prices compared

Gigabit IQ is cheaper than Exascale 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 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 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.

  1. 1.Gigabit IQ · 900 Essentials
    £29.99 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £29.99 · up to 900/900 Mbps (average download speed) · £29.00 upfront
    "Standard Installation - £29"; "24 Month Contract"; prices include VAT; router included
    Go to Gigabit IQ
  2. 2.Exascale · CityFibre 1000 Mbps
    £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. 3.Exascale · CityFibre 1200 Mbps
    £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
  4. 4.Gigabit IQ · 900 All Inclusive
    £39.99 a month over 24 months
    advertised 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 included
    Go to Gigabit IQ
  5. 5.Exascale · CityFibre 2500 Mbps
    £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
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Related questions

Which is cheaper at the same speed, Exascale or Gigabit IQ?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00; at 300 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00; at 500 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00; at 900 Mbps or better, Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials costs £29.99 a month against Exascale CityFibre 1000 Mbps at £35.00.
Do Exascale and Gigabit IQ raise prices during the contract?
Exascale's page promises "no in-contract price rises"; 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.