4th Utility Broadband

4th Utility Broadband: What's on offer?

4th Utility operate their own independent full fibre network and focus on connecting homes across the UK in new build developments.

They offer customers full fibre to the home broadband with symmetrical download and upload speeds up to 1Gb per second.

Customers can choose from one of four plans:

• 150Mbps
• 250Mbps
• 500Mbps
• 1000Mbps

Each of these plans can be customised further by contract length, with customers also able to choose from a minimum term contract period of:

• 30 days
• 12 months
• 24 months

The cheapest prices with 4th Utility broadband are on the 24-month plans, while prices increase slightly for 12-month plans, and the 30-day plans also have a small activation fee.

Customers are supplied with an Icotera wireless router and have unlimited data usage on all plans.

Availability of 4th Utility broadband

4th Utility principally work with new build developments to bring full fibre broadband to new residential properties built across the UK.

They're active in towns and cities across England, with connections available in:

• London
• Manchester
• Liverpool
• Birmingham
• Leeds
• Sheffield
• Bristol
• Cardiff

While they've so far passed around 50,000 premises. In 2023, 4th Utility secured further investment of £25 million to help achieve an ambitious target of connection a further 250,000 homes by 2027.

To find out if 4th Utility broadband is available to your home, enter your postcode in the search tool above.

4th Utility broadband speeds

4th Utility connect homes on their own independent full fibre network, capable of delivering gigabit speeds on both downloads and uploads.

Customers can choose from the following broadband speed options:

4th Utility offer customers symmetrical speeds, which mean the upload speed is as fast as the headline download speed. Often, broadband, and even full fibre broadband, can be asymmetrical where uploads are much slower.

The advertised average speeds published be 4th Utility must be received by at least 50% of their customers during the peak hours of 8pm to 10pm in the evening when the network is busiest, so they're a good indication of the speed we can expect to receive.

New customer offers

4th Utility offer new customers money off their 24-month broadband deals when they sign up for the first time. These introductory offers currently give customers up to £5 off per month for the first 12 months, and then reduced prices after that as well.

Customers taking 12-month plans also can find discounted prices for the initial term, as well as offers on free activation.

We list the latest prices on 4th Utility broadband deals in the table above, and keep our data frequently updated as the offers change. Often prices may be different through our comparison service than on the provider's website directly, so it's important to use the 'Get deals' button above and sign up online to get the listed prices.

Key terms for 4th Utility broadband deals

4th Utility offers customers a choice of three contract lengths, 24-months, 12-months and 30-days. Cancelling a plan before the end of the minimum term period will be subject to early leaving fees, so it's important to select a contract length you can commit to.

4th Utility say prices will increase each year in March, and will go up by Consumer Price Index (CPI) + 3.9%.

At the end of the minimum term, prices will increase to the standard monthly price, or out of contract price. At this point customers will have the choice to re-contract with 4th Utility or move to another provider.

The wireless router supplied by 4th Utility remains their property and customers may be requested to return it when they end their service.

4th Utility social broadband tariff

4th Utility provide a social broadband tariff for low-income families and individuals who need extra help to stay connected online.

The social tariff offers average download and upload speeds of 30Mbps on a rolling 30-day contract.

There are no credit checks to pass, but applicants should be in receipt of one of the following benefits:

• Universal credit
• Income support
• Jobseekers allowance
• Employment and support allowance
• Pension credit

However, 4th Utility also say customers living in an eligible building that qualifies for the social tariff won't have to provide any supporting documentation.