It's easy changing your broadband provider between EE and TalkTalk. Find out how in our step-by-step guide.

Whether you're changing your broadband provider from EE to TalkTalk, or from TalkTalk to EE, it's a straightforward process. Start by letting us know in which direction you'd like to change your provider:

Are you switching from EE to TalkTalk, or from TalkTalk to EE?

You can follow the instructions below if you're switching from EE to TalkTalk Broadband.

Are you switching from TalkTalk to EE instead? Tap for instructions.

Step 1: Check your EE cancellation fee

To start with, check whether a cancellation fee will apply for ending your EE broadband service.

If you’re already outside the minimum term of your contract with EE, there will be no cancellation fees for ending your EE broadband service. You’ll simply pay for your EE service until the TalkTalk Broadband go-live date which will be given to you here.

If you’re still within the minimum term of your contract with EE (i.e. the initial 12 months, 18 months or 24 months you signed up for), an early exit fee will apply for ending your EE broadband service. This is typically around 25-35% of the remaining monthly charges for the rest of your minimum term. You can get a quote for what this exit fee will be by calling EE customer services on 0800 079 8586. Alternatively, there’s more information on how to calculate it within our guide to cancelling EE.

If you have an EE Pay Monthly mobile contract, you’ll lose your 5GB or 20GB mobile data boost when cancelling your EE broadband service.

Step 2: Order your TalkTalk Broadband service

To progress with your broadband switch from EE to TalkTalk, go to TalkTalk’s website to order your new TalkTalk broadband service.

For more information, select the type of broadband service you're planning to switch to on TalkTalk:

At present, TalkTalk offers a range of home broadband plans including the following:

ServiceAverage SpeedContract LengthUpfront PriceMonthly Price
TalkTalk
Fast Broadband
11Mbps download18 month contract£15£24.95/month
TalkTalk
Fibre 35
38Mbps download18 month contract£15£27/month
TalkTalk
Fibre 65
67Mbps download18 month contract£15£28/month
TalkTalk
Full Fibre 150
152Mbps download18 month contract£15£32/month
TalkTalk
Fibre 150
145Mbps download18 month contract£15£34/month
TalkTalk
Fibre 250
290Mbps download18 month contract£15£39/month
TalkTalk
Full Fibre 500
525Mbps download18 month contract£15£39/month
TalkTalk
Full Fibre 900
944Mbps download18 month contract£15£49/month

See all TalkTalk Broadband Deals →

During the online order process, TalkTalk will give you an expected download speed as well as a minimum guaranteed speed for your service. Both of these will be specific to your address. You'll also be given a go-live date for when your broadband service will transfer from EE to TalkTalk.

If you'd like to keep your current home phone or landline number, remember to provide this phone number when ordering your broadband package from TalkTalk. As long as you do this, TalkTalk will arrange for your phone number to be moved over to their service.

There's no need for you to contact EE to cancel your old home broadband service. This is because the old EE service will be cancelled for you automatically on the go-live date when your broadband service transfers to TalkTalk.

Step 3: Plug in your TalkTalk Hub on the go-live date

In advance of your broadband service switching over, TalkTalk will send you a new TalkTalk Hub through the post.

On the go-live date for your TalkTalk broadband service, you can expect your broadband service to stop working for a couple of minutes. When this happens, it'll be time to plug in your new TalkTalk Hub. There'll be instructions inside the package on how you can set up the new TalkTalk Hub.

Your new TalkTalk Hub will initially be configured with a different Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and password. On all of the devices that were previously connected to your EE router, you'll therefore need to sign in again to the Wi-Fi network using the new details provided by TalkTalk. For instance, you may need to log in again on your laptop, tablet, smartphone, smart TV and other smart home devices.

Alternatively, if it's too much hassle setting up Wi-Fi again on all of your devices, you can log in to TalkTalk Hub administration screen to change the Wi-Fi network details back to what you had before on EE.

If you’re using a Wi-Fi repeater or a mesh networking solution such as BT Whole Home Wi-Fi or Google Nest Wi-Fi, you’ll need to set it up again at this point to work with your new TalkTalk Hub.

Step 4: Return or recycle your old EE router

Once your new TalkTalk broadband service goes live, your old EE broadband service will be cancelled automatically. You’ll receive a final bill from EE following the cancellation, which will reflect your usage of their service up until cancellation.

You can decide what you’d like to do with your old EE broadband hub (you can either keep it, return it or recycle it as you like). However, you should ensure it’s disposed of responsibly to reduce needless electronic waste. If you have an EE TV set-top box, this will need to be returned to EE within 30 days or you’ll be charged £175.

Start your switch from EE to TalkTalk →

More Information

Please see the TalkTalk website for more information about switching to their broadband service.

You can follow the instructions below if you're switching from TalkTalk to EE Broadband.

Are you switching from EE to TalkTalk instead? Tap for instructions.

Step 1: Check your TalkTalk cancellation fee

To start with, check whether a cancellation fee will apply for ending your TalkTalk broadband service.

If you’re already outside the minimum term of your contract with TalkTalk, there will be no cancellation fees for ending your TalkTalk broadband service. You’ll simply pay for your TalkTalk service until the EE Broadband go-live date which will be given to you here.

If you’re still within the minimum term of your contract with TalkTalk (i.e. the initial 12 months, 18 months or 24 months you signed up for), an early exit fee will apply for ending your TalkTalk broadband service. This is typically between £5 and £10.50 per remaining month on your contract. You can get a quote for what this exit fee will be by calling TalkTalk customer services on 0345 172 0046. Alternatively, there’s more information on how to calculate it within our guide to cancelling TalkTalk.

If you’re not sure when your TalkTalk broadband contract comes to an end, you can check your contract end date in the My Package section of your TalkTalk online account. Alternatively, your contract end date should also be listed on your bills from TalkTalk.

If you have TalkTalk TV, this will be cancelled along with your TalkTalk broadband service.

Step 2: Order your EE Broadband service

To progress with your broadband switch from TalkTalk to EE, go to EE’s website to order your new EE broadband service.

For more information, select the type of broadband service you're planning to switch to on EE:

At present, EE offers a range of home broadband plans including the following:

ServiceAverage SpeedContract LengthUpfront PriceMonthly Price
EE
EE Fibre
36Mbps download24 month contract£0£24/month
EE
EE Fibre Plus
67Mbps download24 month contract£0£26/month
EE
EE Standard
10Mbps download24 month contract£10£26/month
EE
EE Fibre Max 100
145Mbps download24 month contract£0£27/month
EE
EE Fibre Max 500
500Mbps download24 month contract£0£39.50/month
EE
EE Full Fibre Max 900
900Mbps download24 month contract£0£49/month

See all EE Broadband Deals →

During the online order process, EE will give you an expected download speed as well as a minimum guaranteed speed for your service. Both of these will be specific to your address. You'll also be given a go-live date for when your broadband service will transfer from TalkTalk to EE.

If you'd like to keep your current home phone or landline number, remember to provide this phone number when ordering your broadband package from EE. As long as you do this, EE will arrange for your phone number to be moved over to their service. Note that EE’s fibre broadband plans don’t currently include a home phone service. You’ll need to pay a little bit extra if you’d like to add a landline service to EE broadband.

There's no need for you to contact TalkTalk to cancel your old home broadband service. This is because the old TalkTalk service will be cancelled for you automatically on the go-live date when your broadband service transfers to EE.

Step 3: Plug in your EE Smart Hub on the go-live date

In advance of your broadband service switching over, EE will send you a new EE Smart Hub through the post. The exact router or hub you recieve from EE will depend on the plan you choose. Customers choosing ADSL will get the Bright Box 1 and customers choosing Fibre will get the EE Smart Hub. Customers with EE Smart Wi-Fi will get a EE Smart Wi-Fi Router and Disc.

On the go-live date for your EE broadband service, you can expect your broadband service to stop working for a couple of minutes. When this happens, it'll be time to plug in your new EE Smart Hub. There'll be instructions inside the package on how you can set up the new EE Smart Hub.

Your new EE Smart Hub will initially be configured with a different Wi-Fi network name (SSID) and password. On all of the devices that were previously connected to your TalkTalk router, you'll therefore need to sign in again to the Wi-Fi network using the new details provided by EE. For instance, you may need to log in again on your laptop, tablet, smartphone, smart TV and other smart home devices.

Alternatively, if it's too much hassle setting up Wi-Fi again on all of your devices, you can log in to EE Smart Hub administration screen to change the Wi-Fi network details back to what you had before on TalkTalk.

If you’re using a Wi-Fi repeater or a mesh networking solution such as BT Whole Home Wi-Fi or Google Nest Wi-Fi, you’ll need to set it up again at this point to work with your new EE Smart Hub.

Step 4: Return or recycle your old TalkTalk router

Once your new EE broadband service goes live, your old TalkTalk broadband service will be cancelled automatically. You’ll receive a final bill from TalkTalk following the cancellation, which will reflect your usage of their service up until cancellation.

Once the transfer is complete, you’ll still have your old broadband router from TalkTalk. There’s no obligation to return it, so you can keep it if you’re able to find another use for it. However, we’d strongly encourage you to either return the router or to recycle it responsibly, rather than leaving it in a drawer. This will minimise the amount of electronic waste that goes into landfills for future generations. If you like, you can return your old router to TalkTalk for free and they’ll either re-use or recycle it for you.

If you’re using a TalkTalk e-mail address, this will be cancelled along with your TalkTalk broadband service. You’ll need to pay £5/month or £50/year for TalkTalk’s Mail Plus service if you’d like to keep it. This allows you to keep up to five TalkTalk email addresses (normally ending in @talktalk.net, @tiscali.co.uk, @lineone.net or a number of other domain names).

We'd typically recommend signing up for a free email provider instead (such as Gmail or Outlook.com). These free email services aren’t linked to your broadband provider so you can easily change your broadband service again in the future with a lot less hassle.

Start your switch from TalkTalk to EE →

More Information

Please see the EE website for more information about switching to their broadband service.

Alternatively, for further information, read our in-depth guides to switching broadband provider or cancelling your home broadband service in the UK.

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  • The easy switching wasn’t so easy for me. I was out of contract and switched from TalkTalk to Vodafone, I selected keep my old number and it said they would contact TalkTalk so I didn’t have to do anything. It to the date when Vodafone installed, that went fine. I hadn’t heard anything from TalkTalk about leaving so I rang them, Vodafone hadn’t informed them but oddly now my landline number is same for Vodafone as it is for TalkTalk so how that happens who knows. Anyway, now I have to pay an extra month to TalkTalk for a notice period. So if doing a switch I would always ring your current providor and tell them you are leaving.

  • I moved from BT to Vodafone. I have a high end Asus modem/router. the linespeed is great both as reported by router and when device attached by Lan Cable. yet the WiFi speed now way down about 1/3 to 1/2 of linespeed. yet same hardware as with bt when drop was 10% at most.

    How can this be?

  • hi Ken, THANK YOU SO MUCH! this little nugget of info is going to save me so much time: “Alternatively, if it’s too much hassle setting up Wi-Fi again on all of your devices, you can log in to BT Smart Hub administration screen to change the Wi-Fi network details back to what you had before on Plusnet”.

    I’ve just switched from plusnet to BT and was googling possibilities of daisy chaining my old router to the new 1 when it arrives, as i have a whole smart home set up. Due to being disabled the smart home is a NEED but an utter pain in the backside to have to re set up. normally id bite the bullet and just do it, but health issues are having a flare at the moment so finding out that i can just “clone” my existing details on the new router is amazing news!

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