Choose Broadband Awards

Community Fibre won awards in six categories in this year's Choose Broadband Awards, including:

digital inclusion award 2023
community contribution award 2023
innovation award 2023
fair terms silver award 2023

Community Fibre broadband: What's on offer?

Community Fibre is a London based full fibre broadband provider, offering average download speeds of up to 5Gbps to homes across the capital.

Their gigabit-capable broadband is available in 31 London boroughs, and offers very competitive prices in comparison to options from larger players such as BT and Virgin Media.

Customers can choose from a range of symmetrical download speeds, including 75Mbps, 100Mbps, 150Mbps, 350Mbps, 500Mbps, 920Mbps, or 5,000Mbps.

It's also possible to choose between a 12, 18 or 24-month contract, with setup fees currently on offer for free. Community Fibre also say they'll get customers connected in just 48 hours too, so installation times are fast.

Broadband plans can be customised with a digital home phone line, a Netgem-powered TV box, and a whole home WiFi guarantee on the 1Gb and 5Gb speed tiers.

Read our full review of Community Fibre broadband here.

Availability of Community Fibre broadband

Community Fibre is now available to over 1.3 million properties across London, more than one third of London homes, and is active in 31 boroughs in the capital.

Community Fibre have active connections in the following London boroughs (only Havering is currently left out), although not every home in these areas will be covered - to check your postcode use the tool above:

Hillingdon Harrow Barnet Brent
Ealing Hounslow Enfield Haringey
Waltham Forest Redbridge Barking and Dagenham Newham
Hackney Islington Camden Tower Hamlets
City of London Westminster Kensington and Chelsea Hammersmith and Fulham
Wandsworth Lambeth Southwark Lewisham
Greenwich Richmond upon Thames Kingston upon Thames Merton
Sutton Croydon Bromley Bexley

While they've announced they'll be pausing any further expansion after any current builds are completed to focus on delivering service where they're already active, Community Fibre also acquired Box Broadband, and so now have coverage in parts of Sussex and Surrey too.

For those living in London and the South East who can get it, Community Fibre offer a highly competitively priced full fibre broadband option with some of the cheapest prices in the market.

Community Fibre broadband speeds

Community Fibre offer a range of broadband speed choices from superfast, to ultrafast, and gigabit connections for those who want the fastest broadband without a big monthly bill.

The current broadband speed choices available to customers include 75Mbps, 100Mbps, 150Mbps, 350Mbps, 500Mbps, 920Mbps and 5Gbps.

Because Community Fibre use the latest full fibre technology in their network builds, customers also benefit from symmetrical upload speeds on all packages, which means uploads are as fast as downloads.

Here are the average download and upload speeds for each Community Fibre broadband deal:

Download speed Upload speed
75Mb Fibre Broadband 75Mb 75Mb
100Mb Fibre Broadband 100Mb 100Mb
150Mb Fibre Broadband 150Mb 150Mb
300Mb Fibre Broadband 350Mb 350Mb
500Mb Fibre Broadband 500Mb 500Mb
1Gb Fibre Broadband 920Mb 920Mb
5Gb Fibre Broadband 5Gb 5Gb

The advertised averages here must be received by at least 50% of Community Fibre's customers between the peak network hours of 8pm to 10pm in the evening when most people are online.

New customer offers

Community Fibre offer discounted prices for the minimum term when new customers sign up, and the latest prices are available in the comparison of deals above.

New customer offers for Community Fibre generally include money off for the length of the contract and reduced or sometimes free setup.

To see the latest deals available on Community Fibre broadband, compare their packages in the table above where the prices are kept updated. It's important to click through on offers using the 'Get deal' buttons and sign up online to ensure you get the prices listed.

Key terms of Community Fibre broadband deals

Community Fibre offer customers the choice of contract terms between 12, 18 and 24 months in length. This gives customers more flexibility over their package, as cancelling a contract early can incur early termination fees.

While most broadband providers have step increases in price at the end of a contract, Community Fibre have fairer out of contract price that is always only £4 more than the introductory offer. This can provide some reassurance that prices won't sky rocket if customers are unable or don't want to keep switching to a new deal.

Community Fibre do include an annual price rise clause in their terms which increases prices by £2 per month in April of each year. New customers signing up in 2025 won't see their prices rise until April 2026.

Lastly, if customers choose to cancel their service at any point, they'll need to return the router provided by Community Fibre, as well as any TV boxes if they added that service.

Community Fibre social broadband tariff

Community Fibre offer an Essential broadband package for both new and existing customers who may be struggling with the cost of staying connected to an Internet plan.

The Essential package now offers 35Mbps symmetrical download and upload speeds, and costs just £12.50 per month, making it one of the cheapest broadband deals available.

Community Fibre's social tariff is made available to anyone who needs it however, and they don't restrict customers to only those in receipt of certain means-tested benefits. This means, anyone struggling can continue to access broadband at a more affordable price.

However, as with their other plans, Community Fibre's Essential tariff is only available where their existing network reaches, and so those living outside of their network area will need to look at other social broadband options.

Frequently Asked Questions

What router does Community Fibre provide?

Most Community Fibre broadband packages come with a Linksys Mesh router which can supports wired speeds up to 3Gbps and wireless speeds up to 800Mbps.

The Linksys Mesh router offers 6 internal antenna and high-powered amplifiers to boost wireless signal around the home. It can also be connected to additional mesh routers to increase coverage in even the largest of homes.

Customers signing up to Community Fibre 75Mbps will receive a dual-band WiFi 5 router, while those choosing connections from 150Mbps and faster will receive a dual-band WiFi 6 router. Those opting for the fastest 5Gbps plan, will be provided with a Vantiva Technicolor WiFi 6 router instead.

The main difference between these routers is that the newer WiFi 6 router will support faster speeds over wireless when connecting to other WiFi 6 enabled devices.

Does Community Fibre offer a WiFi guarantee?

Community Fibre offers a Premium WiFi service but it's only available on their fastest 1Gbps and 5Gbps plans.

Customers who take this option get additional Linksys Mesh router devices to place around their home to extend their wireless network, and Community Fibre guarantee minimum download speeds of 50Mbps over WiFi for this service.

If customers don't get this minimum speed, Community Fibre say they'll refund 3 months broadband subscription, although there's no option to cancel the contract early.

Read more about WiFi guarantees and how they work.

What is the Community Fibre TV add-on?

Community Fibre offer broadband customers an optional TV add-on in partnership with Netgem TV.

The TV add-on costs £10 per month, and customers will receive a 4K TV set-top box, and access to 240 live channels, 30 on-demand apps including Prime Video, Netflix, NOW, Discovery+, BBC iPlayer, ITVX, Channel 4 and My5.

The service provides access to Freeview as well as additional premium channels through Netgem, where customers can also access games and on-demand content through additional subscriptions.

While Netgem TV is a useful addition for Community Fibre customers, the service doesn't compare well to Sky or Virgin Media, and there is a notable lack of support for some of the most popular on-demand apps.

Can I get a home phone line with Community Fibre broadband?

Community Fibre broadband is typically a broadband-only service, although customers can choose to add a digital phone line if they wish.

The calls package costs an extra £10 per month, but this includes free anytime calls to both UK landlines and UK mobiles.

Digital phone lines with full fibre broadband are now the norm, and even customers signing up with BT or Virgin Media would also be provided with this type of phone line, so the deal Community Fibre are offering provides good value for money.

How do I switch to Community Fibre broadband?

Signing up to Community Fibre as a new customer is a straightforward process with a 48-hour installation time, and switching providers should also be simple with little additional steps.

The new One Touch Switch system is an industry-wide switching service that means broadband customers now only need to place an order for a new broadband deal and the new provider will handle the switch for them.

This is a process we explain in more detail in our guide to switching broadband.

So, when switching to Community Fibre from another provider or network, customers need to simply choose a deal and place an order. They'll then be contacted by Community Fibre with details on switching dates and any outstanding payments.

Once agreed to, the switch will take place seamlessly, with the new connection going live on the same day as the old service is ended to minimise any downtime.

Customers can search Community Fibre deals using the comparison table above and click through to the Community Fibre website to complete their order.