83.2% of homes and businesses in Cambridgeshire can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 5.1 points in a year: 24,583 more premises can now order it. 2,416 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 419,313 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)
| Cambridgeshire | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 83.2% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 90.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
53,954 of 445,070 premises in BDUK's records (12.1%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by March 2032.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Peterborough | 94.8% | 95.8% | +1.7 | 272 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 89.4% | 94.7% | +2.5 | 24 | 81 |
| Fenland | 84.2% | 88.5% | +2.4 | 446 | 148 |
| East Cambridgeshire | 83.4% | 87.1% | +6.1 | 376 | 160 |
| Huntingdonshire | 78.8% | 90% | +3.7 | 712 | 204 |
| South Cambridgeshire | 68.1% | 85.8% | +14.3 | 586 | 301 |
83.2% of premises in Cambridgeshire could order full fibre in January 2026, and 90.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Cambridgeshire went from 78.1% in January 2025 to 83.2% in January 2026: 24,583 more premises.
2,416 premises in Cambridgeshire (0.6%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 400 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 48% of premises that can get full fibre in Cambridgeshire have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
53,954 premises in Cambridgeshire can't get gigabit broadband yet. 12,786 are in a provider's own build plans, 9,698 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2032, and 31,470 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Peterborough has the highest full fibre coverage in Cambridgeshire (94.8%) and South Cambridgeshire the lowest (68.1%).
99.6% of premises in Cambridgeshire have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 82.9%.