How much does business broadband cost per month?

Entry business FTTP starts from £29/month for 80/20 Mbps with a static IP. Faster full-fibre tiers are priced by speed and postcode, while G.fast, FTTC and SoGEA sit at similar entry money with lower speed ceilings. Your postcode determines which technologies — and therefore which price bands — are available.

Why is business broadband more expensive than home broadband?

Business products include a static IP, business-grade support and priority fault handling that consumer lines don't carry. The premium is modest — and a consumer line that can't host a VPN or gets consumer-queue support costs more than it saves the first time something breaks in working hours.

Is SoGEA cheaper than FTTC?

Effectively yes, where you're currently paying line rental: SoGEA delivers the same up-to-80/20 speeds without the £10–£15/month analogue phone line underneath — £360–£540 saved over a 36-month term. Voice moves to hosted VoIP, which the 2027 PSTN switch-off requires anyway.

When is a leased line worth the extra cost over broadband?

When downtime has a real hourly cost. A 100Mbps leased line from £69/month buys symmetric, uncontended bandwidth with a 99.99% SLA and service credits — against entry broadband at £29/month with no guarantees. For most offices past ~10 heavy users, one avoided outage a month covers the gap.

What broadband speed does my business actually need?

Plan on roughly 5–10Mbps per heavy cloud user, then add headroom for VoIP and video. The UK average download of 69.4Mbps (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024) is below what a busy office needs — which is why FTTP tiers of 100Mbps+ have become the business default where available.

Cost Guide

Business Broadband Costs in the UK

Business broadband starts from £29/month for entry full-fibre (80/20 Mbps with a static IP). This guide breaks down what each technology really costs, what moves the price, and the point where a leased line becomes the better spend.

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£29/moentry business FTTP — 80/20 Mbps with 1 static IP

69.4 Mbpsthe UK average download speed (Ofcom Connected Nations 2024) — below what a busy office needs

31 Jan 2027the PSTN switch-off — analogue phone lines and the broadband products tied to them are being retired

Quick answer: what does business broadband cost?

Business broadband starts from £29/month for entry FTTP (80/20 Mbps, 1 static IP), with faster full-fibre tiers priced by speed and postcode. SoGEA and FTTC sit at similar entry money with lower speed ceilings (up to 80/20). The real cost question isn't the monthly line fee — it's whether best-effort broadband can carry your operation at all: if downtime stops work, a leased line from £69/month with a 99.99% SLA is the better spend.

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Business Broadband Technologies Compared (2026)

What each access technology delivers. Entry pricing shown where centrally verified; faster tiers are priced by speed and postcode.

Technology	Typical speeds	Pricing	Notes
FTTP (full fibre)Recommended	100Mbps–1Gbps+	from £29/mo (80/20 entry tier)	No copper — speeds hold; order this where available
G.fast	up to ~300Mbps	Quoted by postcode	Copper-boosted stopgap where FTTP hasn't arrived
FTTC	30–80Mbps down / up to 20Mbps up	Quoted by postcode	Speeds degrade with distance from the cabinet
SoGEA	up to 80/20 Mbps	Quoted by postcode	FTTC without phone line rental — saves £10–£15/mo; switch-off ready

What Moves the Price of Business Broadband

Six factors that decide what you actually pay — and what you get for it.

Speed tier

The biggest lever. Entry FTTP is from £29/month at 80/20 Mbps; gigabit tiers cost more. Size to your team — roughly 5–10Mbps per heavy cloud user.

What your postcode supports

FTTP where the build has reached you, otherwise G.fast, FTTC or SoGEA. Availability — not preference — often decides the price band.

Network choice

Openreach and CityFibre both serve business FTTP. Where both reach your building, competition helps — check both rather than one.

Line rental you no longer need

If you're still paying £10–£15/month for an analogue phone line under FTTC, SoGEA removes it — £360–£540 back over a 36-month term.

Static IPs and business features

Business-grade products include a static IP and business support. Consumer-grade lines look cheaper until you need either.

The leased line threshold

Broadband has no SLA. When an hour offline costs more than the price gap, a leased line from £69/month (100Mbps, 99.99% SLA) is the cheaper product in practice.

The honest way to price business broadband

The monthly fee is the smallest part of the decision. Business broadband — even full-fibre — is contended and best-effort: no guaranteed speeds, no fix-time commitment. Price it in three steps: first, what your postcode actually supports (FTTP where available, otherwise G.fast, FTTC or SoGEA); second, the speed tier your headcount needs (roughly 5–10Mbps per heavy user); third — and most skipped — what an outage costs you per hour, because that number decides whether broadband is the right product at all.

Where broadband stops and leased lines start

The crossover is sharper than most businesses expect: entry business FTTP is from £29/month, and a dedicated 100Mbps leased line — symmetric, uncontended, 99.99% SLA with service credits — starts from £69/month. For a 20-person office losing one hour a month to broadband problems, the maths favours the leased line quickly. See the full comparison and the 100Mbps cost guide for the numbers side by side.

Don't forget the 2027 switch-off in the budget

Any broadband decision made now should be PSTN-switch-off ready: analogue lines retire on 31 January 2027, so if your current setup includes phone line rental, budget the move to SoGEA or FTTP plus hosted VoIP (typically £5.95–£20 per user/month) as one migration rather than two. The switch-off guide covers sequencing.

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