95.4% of homes and businesses in Ipswich can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 1.5 points in a year: 1,192 more premises can now order it. 46 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 66,242 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)
| Ipswich | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 95.4% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 96.5% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Ipswich ranks 12th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
4,993 of 67,896 premises in BDUK's records (7.4%) 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.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| IP1 | 93% | 99% | 0% | 980 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IP2 | 96% | 99% | 0.2% | 707 |
| IP3 | 96% | 99% | 0.2% | 762 |
| IP4 | 93% | 99% | 0% | 933 |
| IP5 | 94% | 98% | 0.1% | 453 |
| IP6 | 61% | 91% | 2.4% | 751 |
| IP8 | 53% | 93% | 1.6% | 474 |
| IP9 | 61% | 90% | 2.6% | 492 |
| IP10 | 70% | 91% | 4.9% | 190 |
95.4% of premises in Ipswich could order full fibre in January 2026, and 96.5% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Ipswich went from 93.9% in January 2025 to 95.4% in January 2026: 1,192 more premises.
46 premises in Ipswich (0.1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 0 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 41% of premises that can get full fibre in Ipswich have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
4,993 premises in Ipswich can't get gigabit broadband yet. 658 are in a provider's own build plans, 55 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2032, and 4,280 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 9 postcode districts we cover for Ipswich, IP2 has the most gigabit coverage (96% on average) and IP8 the least (53%).
100% of premises in Ipswich have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.1%.