Community Fibre launches 5Gbps broadband plan

London based independent full fibre broadband provider, Community Fibre, has today announced the launch of a 5Gbps residential broadband plan.

Launched as 'London's fastest ever broadband package', the new plan offers symmetrical download and upload speeds of 5,000Mbps.

Priced at just £59 per month, the plan also bundles a whole home WiFi guarantee and a Vantiva WiFi 6 router.

5Gbps Fibre Broadband

Community Fibre have released a new broadband package offering multi-gigabit speeds of 5Gbps, across both downloads and uploads.

It's the fastest broadband plan available in London, they say, and is three times faster than the multi-gigabit plans available from both EE and Virgin Media.

5Gb Fibre Broadband is also reasonably priced considering the speeds on offer, and will cost new customers just £59 per month on a 24-month contract, with £2 annual price rises from April 2026.

There is no setup fee and the plan also bundles Community Fibre's Premium WiFi add-on, which is a whole home WiFi guarantee promising minimum speeds over wireless of at least 50Mbps in every room, or customers can claim 3 month's broadband subscription back.

That's a minimum however, with the expected speed over wireless advertised as 600 to 950Mbps with the Vantiva Technicolor WiFi 6 router included in the plan.

Community Fibre CEO Graeme Oxby said, "We were originally planning to release London's fastest fibre broadband on April 1st, but didn't want Londoners to think our unbelievable speeds were an early April Fools! Truth is, Community Fibre provides unbeatable speeds at the best prices all year round, and there's certainly no joking around when it comes to that!"

Fastest broadband

Community Fibre say their new 5Gbps broadband plan offers download speeds 72 times faster than the national average download speed of 69.4Mbps, although as of December 2024 this has actually now increased to 223Mbps, according to Ofcom.

5Gbps symmetrical upload speeds are extremely fast however, with EE's multi-gigabit broadband plan only offering average upload speeds of just 115Mbps.

Indeed, EE's fastest 'Busiest Home Bundle' offers average download speeds of 1.6Gbps, while Virgin Media's new Gig2 plan offers average download speeds of 2Gbps, with optional symmetrical upload speeds of 2Gbps as well.

Other fast broadband plans can be found on CityFibre's full fibre network, with Vodafone also offering a symmetrical 2.2Gbps broadband plan in some areas, although there is no coverage within London.

Other options

Londoners wanting ultrafast broadband, but at a slightly cheaper price, can also consider Community Fibre's other deals, including their 1Gbps Fibre broadband priced from just £25 per month.

While the new 5Gb Fibre Broadband plan has replaced the previous 3Gb Fibre Broadband option, cheaper options are still available from just £17.99 month.

New customers can get 150Mb Fibre Broadband from just £17.99 per month on a 24-month contract, making it one of the cheapest broadband plans in the UK, while 500Mb speeds are also available from as little as £20 per month.

Prices include free setup and installation within 48 hours, as well as a Linksys WiFi 6 router, with options to add a home phone line and Netgem TV plan from £10 per month extra.

Other broadband options in London include Virgin Media, Hyperoptic, G.Network, and resellers of the Openreach network, however, Community Fibre offer the cheapest deals by quite some margin.

Read more in our review of Community Fibre.