89.4% of homes and businesses in Cambridge can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 2.5 points in a year: 1,593 more premises can now order it. 24 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 61,820 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)
| Cambridge | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 89.4% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 94.7% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.7% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Cambridge ranks 81st of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
8,294 of 68,992 premises in BDUK's records (12%) 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.
| CB1 | 96% | 100% | 0.1% | 917 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CB2 | 84% | 96% | 0.7% | 542 |
| CB3 | 88% | 97% | 0.9% | 393 |
| CB4 | 95% | 99% | 0.4% | 910 |
| CB5 | 95% | 97% | 0.2% | 272 |
| CB22 | 78% | 96% | 1.2% | 594 |
| CB24 | 80% | 96% | 1.3% | 793 |
89.4% of premises in Cambridge could order full fibre in January 2026, and 94.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Cambridge went from 86.9% in January 2025 to 89.4% in January 2026: 1,593 more premises.
24 premises in Cambridge (0%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 1 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 34% of premises that can get full fibre in Cambridge have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
8,294 premises in Cambridge can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,583 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 5,711 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 7 postcode districts we cover for Cambridge, CB1 has the most gigabit coverage (96% on average) and CB22 the least (78%).
100% of premises in Cambridge have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 98.8%.