TalkTalk Gigaclear hikes prices

UK-based rural fibre broadband provider Gigaclear has raised the prices of its plans by £4 ($5.20) per month. The firm's top two packages of 300 Mbps and 900 Mbps, which now cost £49 and £79 per month, include Gigaclear's Linksys router with Smart WiFi mesh system as standard under the revised pricing.

Thursday, Nov 28th, 2019 (12:01 am) - Score 2,442

At a time when most broadband ISPs are discounting their prices for Black Friday it’s been spotted that one rural full fibre (FTTP) provider, Gigaclear, has done exactly the opposite. As well as introducing a new 100Mbps (symmetrical speed) tier and Mesh WiFi system, they’ve also hiked the monthly prices of their old plans by an extra £4.

One other key difference is that their top two packages – 300Mbps and 900Mbps – now also bundle their Linksys broadband router with “Smart WiFi” (i.e. a mesh Wi-Fi system). Oddly this mesh system appears to be mandatory on their top two plans, although you can optionally add it to their slower packages at extra cost.

The provider is also promising no mid-contract price hikes to those who sign-up to their new packages. Otherwise their plans all include unlimited usage, an 18 month contract term, Linksys router, £30 one-off activation fee and free installation.

Superfast 30 Mbps – £39 per month Ultrafast 100 Mbps – £44 per month Ultrafast 300 Mbps with Smart WiFi – £49 per month Hyperfast 900 Mbps with Smart WiFi – £79 per month

Credits to Stéphane for spotting.

UPDATE 2:38pm:

We’ve had a response from Gigaclear.