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

NOW Broadband vs Three broadband: prices compared

Three is cheaper than NOW Broadband on each provider's cheapest plan: Three 5G Home Broadband, 24 month at £20.79 a month averaged over its 24-month contract (advertised at £17.00) against NOW Broadband NOW Full Fibre 100 at £23.00 a month over its 24-month contract, with no rise published, read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-11 and 2026-11-14.

3 NOW Broadband plans and 2 Three 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. £20.79 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £17.00 · then £20.50 from 1 April 2027, then £24.00 from 1 April 2028 · up to 150 Mbps (average download speed)
    unlimited data on their 5G network; no landline and no engineer; the price includes a £5 recurring-payment discount
    Go to Three
  2. £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
  3. £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
  4. £24.04 a month over 12 months
    advertised at £22.00 · then £25.50 from 1 April 2027 · up to 150 Mbps (average download speed)
    unlimited data on their 5G network; the price includes a £5 recurring-payment discount
    Go to Three
  5. £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

Related questions

Which is cheaper at the same speed, NOW Broadband or Three?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Three 5G Home Broadband, 24 month costs £20.79 a month against NOW Broadband NOW Full Fibre 100 at £23.00.
Do NOW Broadband and Three raise prices during the contract?
NOW Broadband's page publishes neither a rise nor a promise of none; Three publishes a rise on 2 of its 2 plans ranked here. 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.