77% of homes and businesses in Hampshire can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 10.2 points in a year: 93,900 more premises can now order it. 4,874 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 877,103 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)
| Hampshire | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 77% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 87.2% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.9% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
147,261 of 917,638 premises in BDUK's records (16%) 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.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Southampton | 95% | 97% | +7.5 | 253 | 17 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gosport | 92% | 97.9% | +6.0 | 1 | 60 |
| Fareham | 91.7% | 97.7% | +14.3 | 64 | 61 |
| Rushmoor | 90.7% | 96.2% | +8.7 | 394 | 68 |
| Portsmouth | 87.6% | 96.9% | +11.1 | 297 | 104 |
| Hart | 75.6% | 86.9% | +11.5 | 208 | 236 |
| New Forest | 75.4% | 77.4% | +10.2 | 355 | 239 |
| Eastleigh | 71.6% | 90.3% | +17.4 | 83 | 278 |
| Havant | 69.4% | 94.8% | +15.8 | 4 | 295 |
| Basingstoke and Deane | 66.9% | 80.5% | +0.5 | 704 | 313 |
| East Hampshire | 62.7% | 73.8% | +6.6 | 703 | 329 |
| Winchester | 58.4% | 69.3% | +17.0 | 1,027 | 345 |
| Test Valley | 58% | 75.6% | +11.0 | 781 | 347 |
77% of premises in Hampshire could order full fibre in January 2026, and 87.2% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Hampshire went from 66.8% in January 2025 to 77% in January 2026: 93,900 more premises.
4,874 premises in Hampshire (0.6%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 903 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 43% of premises that can get full fibre in Hampshire have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
147,261 premises in Hampshire can't get gigabit broadband yet. 45,458 are in a provider's own build plans, 16,365 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 85,438 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Southampton has the highest full fibre coverage in Hampshire (95%) and Test Valley the lowest (58%).
98.4% of premises in Hampshire have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 93%.