80% of homes and businesses in Boston can get full fibre broadband, close to the UK figure of 81%. That's up 0.5 points in a year: 553 more premises can now order it. 475 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 34,891 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)
| Boston | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 80% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 80% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 95.8% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1.4% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Boston ranks 190th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
9,145 of 36,572 premises in BDUK's records (25%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by June 2028.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| PE20 | 74% | 85% | 8.1% | 625 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE21 | 81% | 96% | 0.6% | 1089 |
| PE22 | 31% | 73% | 11.5% | 774 |
80% of premises in Boston could order full fibre in January 2026, and 80% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Boston went from 79.5% in January 2025 to 80% in January 2026: 553 more premises.
475 premises in Boston (1.4%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 119 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 41% of premises that can get full fibre in Boston have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
9,145 premises in Boston can't get gigabit broadband yet. 4,987 are in a provider's own build plans, 1,974 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by June 2028, and 2,184 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 3 postcode districts we cover for Boston, PE21 has the most gigabit coverage (81% on average) and PE22 the least (31%).
100% of premises in Boston have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 76.1%.