81.1% of homes and businesses in Suffolk can get full fibre broadband, close to the UK figure of 81%. That's up 7.2 points in a year: 29,776 more premises can now order it. 1,886 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 385,657 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)
| Suffolk | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 81.1% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 82.2% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.2% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.5% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
88,619 of 411,724 premises in BDUK's records (21.5%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by March 2032.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Ipswich | 95.4% | 96.5% | +1.5 | 46 | 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Suffolk | 84.7% | 85.4% | +7.3 | 811 | 139 |
| West Suffolk | 79.3% | 82.6% | +12.1 | 292 | 199 |
| Babergh | 75.4% | 75.4% | +5.5 | 252 | 238 |
| Mid Suffolk | 62.4% | 62.4% | +7.5 | 485 | 331 |
81.1% of premises in Suffolk could order full fibre in January 2026, and 82.2% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Suffolk went from 73.9% in January 2025 to 81.1% in January 2026: 29,776 more premises.
1,886 premises in Suffolk (0.5%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 573 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 53% of premises that can get full fibre in Suffolk have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
88,619 premises in Suffolk can't get gigabit broadband yet. 10,166 are in a provider's own build plans, 30,978 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2032, and 47,475 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Ipswich has the highest full fibre coverage in Suffolk (95.4%) and Mid Suffolk the lowest (62.4%).
95.7% of premises in Suffolk have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 80.3%.