68.9% of homes and businesses in the Brighton and Hove council area can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 14.1 points in a year: 20,500 more premises can now order it. 745 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 145,440 premises (homes and businesses), January 2026.
Share of premises that can order full fibre (and gigabit, which also counts cable).
Full fibre Gigabit-capable (incl. cable)
| Brighton | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 68.9% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 86.7% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.1% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The Brighton and Hove council area ranks 298th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
26,345 of 160,592 premises in BDUK's records (16.4%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| BN1 | 84% | 96% | 1.1% | 1550 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BN2 | 89% | 98% | 0.3% | 1588 |
| BN3 | 82% | 99% | 0.4% | 1427 |
| BN41 | 96% | 98% | 0.5% | 377 |
| BN42 | 97% | 98% | 0% | 216 |
68.9% of premises in the Brighton and Hove council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 86.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the Brighton and Hove council area went from 54.8% in January 2025 to 68.9% in January 2026: 20,500 more premises.
745 premises in the Brighton and Hove council area (0.5%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 0 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 29% of premises that can get full fibre in the Brighton and Hove council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
26,345 premises in Brighton can't get gigabit broadband yet. 4,824 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 21,521 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 5 postcode districts we cover for Brighton, BN42 has the most gigabit coverage (97% on average) and BN3 the least (82%).
100% of premises in the Brighton and Hove council area have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 97.7%.