78.2% of homes and businesses in Plymouth can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 10.9 points in a year: 14,216 more premises can now order it. 575 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 128,670 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)
| Plymouth | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 78.2% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 93.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Plymouth ranks 209th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
10,077 of 134,839 premises in BDUK's records (7.5%) 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.
| PL1 | 83% | 90% | 2.2% | 839 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PL2 | 96% | 100% | 0% | 637 |
| PL3 | 97% | 99% | 0.1% | 686 |
| PL4 | 90% | 96% | 1.1% | 817 |
| PL5 | 92% | 98% | 0.2% | 895 |
| PL6 | 92% | 97% | 1.2% | 1019 |
| PL7 | 79% | 89% | 5.5% | 733 |
| PL9 | 86% | 95% | 1% | 984 |
78.2% of premises in Plymouth could order full fibre in January 2026, and 93.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Plymouth went from 67.3% in January 2025 to 78.2% in January 2026: 14,216 more premises.
575 premises in Plymouth (0.4%) 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 32% of premises that can get full fibre in Plymouth have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
10,077 premises in Plymouth can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,281 are in a provider's own build plans, 27 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 7,769 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 8 postcode districts we cover for Plymouth, PL3 has the most gigabit coverage (97% on average) and PL7 the least (79%).
100% of premises in Plymouth have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.4%.