Comparing home broadband in Chester
There’s a good selection of home broadband services on offer in central Chester.
ADSL is available with average speeds of 10-11Mb. And it is unbundled so you can get the best broadband deals from providers such as Sky and TalkTalk which operate and resell their own networks.
The area is also enabled for fibre optic broadband using BT lines. This provides speeds up to around 65Mb, and as well as being sold by BT it is offered by many other ISPs so you’ve got a wide choice of pricing and features.
This is currently the fastest unlimited home broadband connection available as Virgin Media fibre is not installed in Chester. If you want serious speeds, fibre-to-the-premises connections are also available in some areas.
Other exchanges around Chester have more limited availability. The Christleton exchange has fibre optic internet, but the only LLU ADSL network is TalkTalk. while Great Mollington is not an LLU exchange but does now have fibre optic access from the BT Openreach network.
We make it easy to find out what’s available in your area - just enter your postcode into our comparison tables and the results will be filtered by location. After that, sort the results by features and pricing to track down the perfect package. You can also use the filters to get even more detailed and view specific types of deal, everything from free-setup broadband to internet only deals.
Comparing mobile broadband in Chester
Coverage across all four network operators - O2, Vodafone, EE, and Three - is very good in Chester. Central areas are blanketed by 3G signal and it extends to outlying areas including Blacon, Upton, Guilden Sutton, Christleton and Eccleston. As this is a populated part of the country coverage is plentiful in most directions, with the only major drop in connectivity occurring in western areas toward North Wales.
4G services are also available from all networks, both in the centre of Chester and surrounding locations, though at the outskirts you may find it only works outdoors. The latest 5G technology is also available, though coverage of this new service is limited.
For more about network coverage please read our comprehensive guide; connectivity is highly variable even in areas of strong signal. As well as using the official network tools you can also confirm signal in a particular area by checking it on another device such as a mobile phone.
Where we get our information
We strive to keep our local broadband information as up to date as possible. This means using trustworthy sources with regular checks. The information on this page comes from the following:
- Local exchange information: availability.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search
- Local broadband speed information: labs.thinkbroadband.com/local
- Mobile broadband coverage (1): nperf.com/en/map/GB
- Mobile broadband coverage (2): checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage