79.9% of homes and businesses in Exeter can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 1.8 points in a year: 1,494 more premises can now order it. 544 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 63,219 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)
| Exeter | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 79.9% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 90.4% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.2% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Exeter ranks 192nd of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
7,131 of 67,453 premises in BDUK's records (10.6%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by September 2030.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| EX1 | 91% | 97% | 0.5% | 820 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EX2 | 88% | 96% | 1% | 1419 |
| EX3 | 94% | 97% | 1% | 215 |
| EX4 | 83% | 92% | 3.1% | 1462 |
| EX5 | 64% | 79% | 7.8% | 1140 |
| EX6 | 35% | 64% | 16.2% | 715 |
79.9% of premises in Exeter could order full fibre in January 2026, and 90.4% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Exeter went from 78.1% in January 2025 to 79.9% in January 2026: 1,494 more premises.
544 premises in Exeter (0.9%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 4 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 49% of premises that can get full fibre in Exeter have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
7,131 premises in Exeter can't get gigabit broadband yet. 603 are in a provider's own build plans, 10 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 6,518 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 6 postcode districts we cover for Exeter, EX3 has the most gigabit coverage (94% on average) and EX6 the least (35%).
100% of premises in Exeter have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 97.1%.