87% of homes and businesses in Berkshire can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 2.9 points in a year: 13,671 more premises can now order it. 879 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 418,205 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)
| Berkshire | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 87% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 92.8% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98.9% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.2% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
45,164 of 434,344 premises in BDUK's records (10.4%) 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.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Bracknell Forest | 96.7% | 97.2% | +0.9 | 49 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 95.6% | 96.4% | +0.9 | 20 | 11 |
| Slough | 91.5% | 96.9% | +2.2 | 23 | 63 |
| Wokingham | 84.2% | 93.8% | +5.4 | 170 | 150 |
| West Berkshire | 78.6% | 87.8% | +2.7 | 471 | 206 |
| Windsor and Maidenhead | 77.6% | 85.8% | +4.4 | 146 | 222 |
87% of premises in Berkshire could order full fibre in January 2026, and 92.8% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Berkshire went from 84.1% in January 2025 to 87% in January 2026: 13,671 more premises.
879 premises in Berkshire (0.2%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 101 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 46% of premises that can get full fibre in Berkshire have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
45,164 premises in Berkshire can't get gigabit broadband yet. 13,298 are in a provider's own build plans, 1,047 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by September 2030, and 30,819 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Bracknell Forest has the highest full fibre coverage in Berkshire (96.7%) and Windsor and Maidenhead the lowest (77.6%).
99.3% of premises in Berkshire have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 96.5%.