Origin Broadband

Origin Broadband: What's on offer?

Origin Broadband are a straightforward no-frills provider, offering both part fibre and full fibre connections across the Openreach network.

That means, for 50% of UK homes, customers can access Origin Broadband's full fibre deals, while everyone else yet to be passed by full fibre can sign up to one of their superfast part fibre plans instead.

Customers can choose from one of the following Origin Broadband packages:

• Unlimited Broadband
• Unlimited Fibre
• Unlimited Fibre Plus
• Full Fibre 100
• Full Fibre 200
• Full Fibre 300
• Full Fibre 500
• Full Fibre 900

While Origin offer a wide array of speed tiers, the provider doesn't offer many extra services with their broadband plans, with all full fibre packages provided as data-only lines, and home phone only being an option on part fibre plans.

There is also only one choice of contract length, which is 18 months, although the setup fee is low at just £12 for the router delivery.

Availability of Origin Broadband

Origin is a retail broadband provider who resells access to the Openreach network, which covers up to 98% of the UK.

Superfast part fibre plans with download speeds of at least 30Mbps are available to over 94% of homes across the UK, while Openreach has now passed over 16 million premises, or 50% of homes, with their new full fibre to the home connections.

Origin Broadband is therefore available across all of these network areas, and availability will continue to expand as Openreach roll out to more towns and villages across the UK.

The main target for this underlying network is to reach 25 million premises or 80% of the UK by the end of 2026, and Origin Broadband will have availability to all premises.

That means, availability is rapidly changing, so it's always worthwhile to keep an eye on the results for your particular postcode using our free postcode tool above, which can show you the Origin Broadband packages you can get.

Origin broadband speeds

Origin offers a good range of broadband speeds for customers to choose from, including basic superfast options all the way up to gigabit download speeds.

Speed available will depend largely on location, with those in full fibre enabled areas able to choose from speeds from 109Mb to 950Mb, while others still in part fibre areas will only be able to choose speeds from 38Mb to 67Mb.

To find out what's available to you, use our free postcode tool and view the results in the table above.

Origin broadband's average download and upload speeds available in full fibre areas are:

While in part fibre areas, Origin broadband offers the following speeds instead:

These average broadband speeds must be received by at least 50% of Origin's customer base during the peak hours of 8pm to 10pm in the evening, when the network is busiest.

New customer offers

The Origin broadband deals listed in the table above are for new customers only, which means you'll need to have had a broadband service with another provider for at least 3 months to be eligible for these offers.

Current deals for new customers signing up with Origin Broadband focus primarily on discounts on the monthly price for an introductory period, usually the length of the minimum term contract.

We list the latest Origin broadband deals available above, and keep our data updated on a weekly basis or as soon as the offers change.

Prices can sometimes differ through our comparison service than on Origin'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 Origin broadband deals

Origin broadband deals come with a minimum contract period of 18 months, and cancellation before this will be subject to early termination fees.

At the end of the minimum term, the monthly price of the Origin broadband package will also revert to the standard monthly price, which will be higher than any promotional prices offered at the start of the contract.

Each year, the monthly price will increase by £3 per month effective on April 1st.

If customers want to cancel Origin broadband they'll be required to return the router and a charge could be made if the router isn't returned or proof of delivery can't be provided.