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🌐 Broadband Price Check

Am I paying too much for broadband?

Broadband is sold at one price and billed at another. The introductory rate runs for twelve or twenty-four months, expires quietly, and the direct debit goes up by fifteen or twenty euro a month without a decision being made by anybody. This puts your bill beside what the same speed normally sells for, and states the annual figure.

Figures reviewed September 2026. Free, no signup, nothing stored on our servers.

What this means

The comparison is against the standard price for your speed tier — what the service is normally billed at, rather than what a new customer is offered. Sitting inside that range means you are paying a normal price. Sitting well above it almost always means an expired offer, not a better service.

The saving is the gap between your bill and what the same speed is being offered at now. Over a two-year contract it is usually a few hundred euro, which is the number worth acting on — the monthly gap is small enough to ignore, which is precisely why it persists.

The decisive fact is usually not the price at all: it is whether your minimum term has ended. Once it has, the contract rolls on and can be ended on notice with no exit fee. Most people paying a standard price are in that position and do not know it.

What affects the result

  • Whether your introductory offer has expired. This is the single most common reason an Irish broadband bill is high.
  • The speed tier. Gigabit fibre costs more than a 100 Mb line, and the comparison has to be like for like.
  • Whether TV or a landline is bundled in. A bundled bill is compared against a bundled price here, not against broadband alone.
  • What is actually available at your address. Full fibre is not everywhere, and the cheapest offers usually need it.
  • Whether you are inside a minimum term, which decides whether you can act today or have to wait.

Am I paying too much for broadband?

Ring before you switch

The retentions line exists because providers would rather discount than lose a customer. Having a specific competing offer in front of you changes that conversation entirely — the call takes ten minutes and frequently produces the new-customer price without moving anywhere.

Check what you can actually get

The cheapest plans need infrastructure that is not at every address. The broadband coverage checker shows which technologies and realistic speeds are available at an Eircode, which is worth knowing before you shop on price.

The other bills that do this

Broadband is not the only recurring cost that rises without a decision. The bill checker covers all of them in one place, energy is usually the largest, and subscriptions are the ones nobody has added up.

Important assumptions

Every figure on this page rests on these. Where one does not match your situation, the answer moves — sometimes a great deal.

  • The price bands are indicative, compiled from advertised Irish residential pricing. No Irish body publishes an official price list for broadband.
  • A bundled TV or landline adds a typical amount to the comparison band, so a bundle is not judged against a broadband-only price.
  • Where you have not entered a price you found yourself, the target is the midpoint of the typical offer band for your speed.
  • Installation charges, router fees and early-exit fees are not included.
  • ComReg’s accredited comparison site is the live source. These bands are a sense of scale, not a quote.

Official sources

Where this tool applies a published rule, this is where the rule comes from. Check the source before acting on anything that matters.

Common questions

How much should broadband cost in Ireland?

Advertised offers for a standard fibre connection generally sit in the thirties and forties a month, with gigabit plans higher and basic plans lower. Once an introductory period expires the same connection is typically billed at fifteen to twenty euro a month more. No official price list exists — ComReg’s comparison site shows what is actually available at your address.

Can I leave my broadband contract?

Once the minimum term has ended, yes — the contract continues on a rolling basis and can be ended by giving the notice in the terms, usually 30 days, with no exit fee. Inside a minimum term an exit fee normally applies, unless the provider has changed the terms in a way that is not exclusively to your benefit, which gives a right to leave without penalty.

Will my provider match a cheaper offer?

Often, if you ask the retentions team and name the alternative. Providers are also required to tell you when a fixed-term contract is ending and to advise on their best tariffs, so the better price may already have been offered to you in a notice.

Does switching mean losing service?

Not usually. The provider you move to manages the transfer, and a switch between providers using the same network often needs no engineer visit at all.

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CheckIreland is independent and is not affiliated with the Irish Government or any public body. This tool is general information built on published rules and typical costs — it is not financial, tax or legal advice, and it does not account for your individual circumstances. Confirm anything that matters with the relevant body or a qualified adviser before acting on it.