94.7% of homes and businesses in Rotherham can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 5.6 points in a year: 8,199 more premises can now order it. 446 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 129,292 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)
| Rotherham | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 94.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 96.7% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.3% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Rotherham ranks 19th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
7,175 of 132,998 premises in BDUK's records (5.4%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by February 2028.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| S13 | 99% | 100% | 0% | 588 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S60 | 96% | 98% | 0.3% | 1044 |
| S61 | 97% | 99% | 0% | 870 |
| S62 | 94% | 98% | 0.1% | 616 |
| S64 | 96% | 100% | 0% | 679 |
| S65 | 95% | 99% | 0% | 830 |
| S66 | 93% | 99% | 0.4% | 1090 |
94.7% of premises in Rotherham could order full fibre in January 2026, and 96.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Rotherham went from 89.1% in January 2025 to 94.7% in January 2026: 8,199 more premises.
446 premises in Rotherham (0.3%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 34 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 44% of premises that can get full fibre in Rotherham have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
7,175 premises in Rotherham can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,624 are in a provider's own build plans, 532 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by February 2028, and 4,019 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 7 postcode districts we cover for Rotherham, S13 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and S66 the least (93%).
100% of premises in Rotherham have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 90.4%.