84.2% of homes and businesses in the City of Edinburgh council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 3.9 points in a year: 14,126 more premises can now order it. 741 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 290,522 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)
| Edinburgh | Scotland | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 84.2% | 74% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 92.7% | 82.1% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.2% | 96.7% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.3% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
The City of Edinburgh council area ranks 147th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| EH1 | 80% | 84% | 3% | 305 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EH2 | 77% | 79% | 0% | 174 |
| EH3 | 86% | 96% | 0% | 684 |
| EH4 | 96% | 99% | 0.1% | 1674 |
| EH5 | 95% | 99% | 0.8% | 633 |
| EH6 | 93% | 99% | 0.2% | 1015 |
| EH7 | 94% | 99% | 0% | 720 |
| EH8 | 79% | 98% | 0.4% | 553 |
| EH9 | 87% | 98% | 0% | 503 |
| EH10 | 95% | 100% | 0% | 854 |
| EH11 | 96% | 99% | 0.1% | 940 |
| EH12 | 94% | 97% | 1.4% | 1164 |
| EH13 | 96% | 98% | 0% | 379 |
| EH14 | 96% | 98% | 0.6% | 1006 |
| EH15 | 98% | 100% | 0.1% | 618 |
| EH16 | 93% | 97% | 0.7% | 867 |
| EH17 | 97% | 99% | 0.2% | 600 |
| EH18 | 75% | 94% | 0% | 104 |
| EH21 | 83% | 98% | 0.6% | 756 |
84.2% of premises in the City of Edinburgh council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 92.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the City of Edinburgh council area went from 80.3% in January 2025 to 84.2% in January 2026: 14,126 more premises.
741 premises in the City of Edinburgh council area (0.3%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 30 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 40% of premises that can get full fibre in the City of Edinburgh council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
Of the 19 postcode districts we cover for Edinburgh, EH15 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and EH18 the least (75%).
100% of premises in the City of Edinburgh 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 99.5%.