95% of homes and businesses in Southampton can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 7.5 points in a year: 9,136 more premises can now order it. 253 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 116,135 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)
| Southampton | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 95% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 97% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Southampton ranks 17th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
9,002 of 121,132 premises in BDUK's records (7.4%) 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.
| SO14 | 86% | 92% | 1% | 799 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO15 | 94% | 95% | 1.2% | 1120 |
| SO16 | 89% | 98% | 0.3% | 1526 |
| SO17 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 437 |
| SO18 | 97% | 99% | 0.4% | 897 |
| SO19 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 1194 |
95% of premises in Southampton could order full fibre in January 2026, and 97% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Southampton went from 87.5% in January 2025 to 95% in January 2026: 9,136 more premises.
253 premises in Southampton (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 7 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 48% of premises that can get full fibre in Southampton have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
9,002 premises in Southampton can't get gigabit broadband yet. 5,922 are in a provider's own build plans, 0 are in a government Project Gigabit contract, and 3,080 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 6 postcode districts we cover for Southampton, SO17 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and SO14 the least (86%).
100% of premises in Southampton have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.5%.