88% of homes and businesses in Derby can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 2.3 points in a year: 3,342 more premises can now order it. 27 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 122,861 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)
| Derby | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 88% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 97.5% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.6% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Derby ranks 95th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
6,348 of 125,485 premises in BDUK's records (5.1%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by February 2028.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| DE1 | 92% | 97% | 0.2% | 593 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE3 | 99% | 100% | 0.3% | 460 |
| DE21 | 92% | 98% | 0.2% | 1261 |
| DE22 | 96% | 99% | 0.7% | 1072 |
| DE23 | 98% | 100% | 0% | 1086 |
| DE24 | 98% | 100% | 0.1% | 1185 |
| DE72 | 89% | 97% | 0.9% | 452 |
| DE73 | 93% | 97% | 0.7% | 526 |
88% of premises in Derby could order full fibre in January 2026, and 97.5% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Derby went from 85.7% in January 2025 to 88% in January 2026: 3,342 more premises.
27 premises in Derby (0%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 0 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 42% of premises that can get full fibre in Derby have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
6,348 premises in Derby can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,678 are in a provider's own build plans, 2 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by February 2028, and 4,668 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 8 postcode districts we cover for Derby, DE3 has the most gigabit coverage (99% on average) and DE72 the least (89%).
100% of premises in Derby have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 99.9%.