By Cable.co.uk | Friday, February 2nd 2018 Most are quite familiar with EE as a mobile provider. After all, it has ads on every other billboard, in every other TV ad break, has shops on every high street, and is recognised as the UK's fastest and largest mobile network. Many, though, are perhaps not as familiar with EE as a broadband provider. In what follows we will aim to clarify exactly what EE offers as a broadband provider, how it compares to its competitors and answer some of the most common questions surrounding it. EE was just a mobile provider up to 2015, at which point it inherited the Orange UK broadband service. EE itself was formed at the merger of two other formerly self-sufficient mobile network operators – Orange and T-Mobile. Unlike many new broadband providers, EE Broadband got a head-start with an inherited customer base. Since then, EE – both as a mobile and broadband provider – has been bought by BT. That's not to say that if you buy an EE Broadband package, you're simply buying a BT Broadband package, though. There are significant differences in the range of packages each offers, though by all account the companies have decided to offer identically specced, albeit differently labelled, broadband routers, and of course both providers operate on the same network: Openreach. There are a lot of similarities between EE Broadband and BT Broadband, as stated above. So what does EE claim it is doing to stand out from the crowd? Every provider has its own particular mix of products and services. EE as a company offers a vast array of things you can buy, contracts you can sign up to, and methods by which you can receive those services. However, when it comes to what you can get from EE as a broadband provider, thankfully things do simplify somewhat. EE Broadband is of course far from the only game in town. In fact, if we are brutally honest if you were to pick any particular aspect of the EE Broadband there's another provider out there who trounces it on that aspect. Such is the way of the world when it comes to competition in the marketplace, though, and to be fair you could say that about almost any provider. Let's take a look at the other options on the table and see how they choose to focus their offerings. While EE doesn't do an awful lot to stand out as a broadband provider, it is a safe pair of hands and a good choice if you're already a EE Mobile customer. You can read our full review of EE Broadband for our detailed opinion. As of a few years back now, all providers must advertise their prices with line rental included. EE Broadband is no exception and while it may separate out line rental on your bill, the prices advertised are the prices you will pay. In all likelihood, yes. EE Broadband, as with all other broadband providers on the Openreach network, is available to around 97% of UK homes. Note, though, that if you can't get fibre from other providers, it is all but certain you can't get it from EE either. Truth be told, you'd be hard pressed to pick between them. Both offer the same speeds and even the same router. Choice for most will come down to whether they are already with EE for their mobile (some benefits if they are), or if they are already with BT for their landline. EE broadband prices start from £20 per month. To check the latest prices, use our comparison tool. Go back to deals
UK broadband providers TalkTalk, EE, John Lewis Broadband and Origin Broadband are temporarily waiving set-up fees in an effort to attract customers. TalkTalk and John Lewis are both offering a 38 Mbps fibre deal at £27.50 ($36.12) per month over 18 and 12 months respectively, cheaper than EE's monthly charge of £29 for an 18-month contract, while Origin is asking £25.99.