🔗 Leased Line Prices in the UK — 2026 Data
| Speed | City Centre | Business Park (urban) | Rural / Remote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 100Mbps | £200–£350/mo | £280–£450/mo | £400–£700/mo |
| 200Mbps | £280–£450/mo | £350–£550/mo | £500–£900/mo |
| 500Mbps | £380–£600/mo | £480–£750/mo | £700–£1,300/mo |
| 1Gbps | £500–£800/mo | £650–£1,000/mo | £900–£2,000/mo |
| 10Gbps | £1,500–£3,000/mo | £2,000–£5,000/mo | N/A typically |
📊 What Drives Leased Line Prices?
The biggest factor is distance from the nearest Point of Presence (PoP). Carriers build pricing based on how far they need to run a dedicated circuit from their network to your premises. This is why city-centre prices are dramatically lower than rural or out-of-town business park prices.
- Survey result: A wayleave survey determines whether new duct needs to be laid — this can add weeks and £500–3,000 to costs.
- Carrier choice: BT Openreach, Virgin Media Business and alt-net carriers all price differently for the same location.
- Speed tier: The price per Mbps actually drops at higher speeds — 500Mbps isn't 5x the cost of 100Mbps.
- Contract length: 36-month deals are typically 20–30% cheaper than 12-month.
- Resilience requirements: Diverse routing (two physically separate cables) roughly doubles the price but eliminates single-point failure.
📅 Installation Timeline and Costs
| Phase | Typical Duration | Typical Cost |
|---|---|---|
| Survey (Openreach) | 2–4 weeks | £0 (included) |
| Wayleave (if required) | 2–12 weeks | £500–£3,000 |
| Physical installation | 2–6 weeks | £500–£2,500 |
| Total install to go-live | 8–16 weeks | £1,000–£5,500 |
⚠️ Plan ahead
The minimum realistic timeline from order to go-live on a leased line is 45 working days. If you're moving premises or need this for a launch date, order 4–6 months early.
🤔 Is a Leased Line Worth It?
For most SMEs under 30 users, FTTP full fibre broadband with 4G failover delivers 90% of a leased line's reliability at 20–30% of the cost. A leased line makes sense when: you need guaranteed symmetric upload speed (e.g. hosted servers), you have compliance requirements for uncontended bandwidth, or your business genuinely cannot tolerate any service degradation.
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