87% of homes and businesses in Isle of Wight can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 1.9 points in a year: 1,913 more premises can now order it. 722 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 79,805 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)
| Isle of Wight | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 87% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 87% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 96.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.9% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Isle of Wight ranks 110th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
11,351 of 85,276 premises in BDUK's records (13.3%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| PO30 | 72% | 88% | 4.1% | 1069 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO31 | 93% | 98% | 0.5% | 456 |
| PO32 | 88% | 95% | 3.1% | 254 |
| PO33 | 86% | 94% | 1.8% | 994 |
| PO34 | 91% | 98% | 0% | 122 |
| PO35 | 80% | 94% | 2% | 163 |
| PO36 | 84% | 95% | 1.3% | 546 |
| PO37 | 85% | 96% | 1% | 337 |
| PO38 | 60% | 85% | 5.2% | 600 |
| PO39 | 76% | 95% | 1.7% | 117 |
| PO40 | 82% | 98% | 0.3% | 295 |
| PO41 | 57% | 86% | 5.1% | 150 |
87% of premises in Isle of Wight could order full fibre in January 2026, and 87% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Isle of Wight went from 85.1% in January 2025 to 87% in January 2026: 1,913 more premises.
722 premises in Isle of Wight (0.9%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 120 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 50% of premises that can get full fibre in Isle of Wight have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
11,351 premises in Isle of Wight can't get gigabit broadband yet. 5,910 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 5,441 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 12 postcode districts we cover for Isle of Wight, PO31 has the most gigabit coverage (93% on average) and PO41 the least (57%).
98.8% of premises in Isle of Wight have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 85.9%.