75.7% of homes and businesses in Scottish Borders can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 9.2 points in a year: 6,194 more premises can now order it. 434 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 66,240 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)
| Scottish Borders | Scotland | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 75.7% | 74% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 75.7% | 82.1% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 97.8% | 96.7% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.7% | 1.3% | 0.7% |
Scottish Borders ranks 235th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| DG14 | 70% | 96% | 1.3% | 76 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EH23 | 90% | 96% | 1.9% | 301 |
| EH26 | 89% | 96% | 2.3% | 549 |
| EH37 | 81% | 94% | 1.8% | 91 |
| EH43 | 98% | 99% | 0.2% | 27 |
| EH44 | 88% | 97% | 0.7% | 108 |
| EH45 | 91% | 97% | 0.8% | 344 |
| EH46 | 29% | 96% | 2% | 108 |
| ML12 | 71% | 96% | 1.8% | 347 |
| TD1 | 82% | 98% | 0.7% | 633 |
| TD2 | 50% | 97% | 1.1% | 106 |
| TD3 | 44% | 96% | 2.7% | 46 |
| TD4 | 22% | 99% | 0.4% | 107 |
| TD5 | 74% | 97% | 0.8% | 448 |
| TD6 | 59% | 98% | 0.7% | 381 |
| TD7 | 89% | 97% | 1.1% | 293 |
| TD8 | 81% | 98% | 0.5% | 261 |
| TD9 | 80% | 97% | 2% | 757 |
| TD10 | 51% | 99% | 0.7% | 43 |
| TD11 | 68% | 96% | 0.5% | 293 |
| TD12 | 73% | 89% | 7.3% | 236 |
| TD13 | 44% | 89% | 5.3% | 42 |
| TD14 | 76% | 97% | 0.6% | 258 |
| TD15 | 80% | 94% | 2.9% | 556 |
75.7% of premises in Scottish Borders could order full fibre in January 2026, and 75.7% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Scottish Borders went from 66.5% in January 2025 to 75.7% in January 2026: 6,194 more premises.
434 premises in Scottish Borders (0.7%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 237 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 52% of premises that can get full fibre in Scottish Borders have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
Of the 24 postcode districts we cover for Scottish Borders, EH43 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and TD4 the least (22%).
77.3% of premises in Scottish Borders have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 87.2%.