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

Utility Warehouse vs Direct Save Telecom broadband: prices compared

Utility Warehouse is cheaper than Direct Save Telecom on each provider's cheapest plan: Utility Warehouse Full Fibre 150 at £28.28 a month averaged over its 24-month contract (advertised at £23.95) against Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home at £29.95 a month over its 24-month contract, with no rise published, read from each provider's own page on 2026-11-14.

3 Utility Warehouse plans and 2 Direct Save Telecom 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. £28.28 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £23.95 · then £27.95 from April 2027, then £31.95 from April 2028 · up to 152 Mbps (average download speed) · £5.99 upfront
    £5.99 postage; no installation or connection fee
    Go to Utility Warehouse
  2. £29.95 a month over 24 months
    advertised 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 charge
    Go to Direct Save Telecom
  3. £31.95 a month over 12 months
    advertised at £31.95
    35 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 included
    Go to Direct Save Telecom
  4. £34.33 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £30.00 · then £34.00 from April 2027, then £38.00 from April 2028 · up to 500 Mbps (average download speed) · £5.99 upfront
    £5.99 postage
    Go to Utility Warehouse
  5. £39.33 a month over 24 months
    advertised at £35.00 · then £39.00 from April 2027, then £43.00 from April 2028 · up to 944 Mbps (average download speed) · £5.99 upfront
    £5.99 postage
    Go to Utility Warehouse

Related questions

Which is cheaper at the same speed, Utility Warehouse or Direct Save Telecom?
Among the plans priced here: at 100 Mbps or better, Utility Warehouse Full Fibre 150 costs £28.28 a month against Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home at £29.95; at 300 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Utility Warehouse Full Fibre 500 at £34.33; at 500 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Utility Warehouse Full Fibre 500 at £34.33; at 900 Mbps or better, Direct Save Telecom Full Fibre to the Home costs £29.95 a month against Utility Warehouse Full Fibre 900 at £39.33.
Do Utility Warehouse and Direct Save Telecom raise prices during the contract?
Utility Warehouse publishes a rise on 3 of its 3 plans ranked here; Direct Save Telecom'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.