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

NOW Broadband vs Gigabit IQ broadband: prices compared

NOW Broadband is cheaper than Gigabit IQ on each provider's cheapest plan: NOW Broadband NOW Full Fibre 100 at £23.00 a month over its 24-month contract, with no rise published against Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials at £29.99 a month over its 24-month contract, with no rise published, read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-14.

3 NOW Broadband 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. £23.00 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £23.00 · up to 100/18 Mbps (estimated speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    £0 activation and delivery fee
    Go to NOW Broadband
  2. £24.00 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £24.00 · up to 80/16 Mbps (estimated speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    £0 activation and delivery fee
    Go to NOW Broadband
  3. £27.00 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £27.00 · up to 300/40 Mbps (estimated speed) · nothing to pay upfront
    £0 activation and delivery fee
    Go to NOW Broadband
  4. £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
  5. £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

Related questions

Which is cheaper at the same speed, NOW Broadband or Gigabit IQ?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, NOW Broadband NOW Full Fibre 100 costs £23.00 a month against Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials at £29.99; at 300 Mbps or better, NOW Broadband NOW Full Fibre 300 costs £27.00 a month against Gigabit IQ 900 Essentials at £29.99.
Do NOW Broadband and Gigabit IQ raise prices during the contract?
NOW Broadband's page publishes neither a rise nor a promise of none; 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.