74.7% of homes and businesses in Kent can get full fibre broadband, below the UK figure of 81%. That's up 6.1 points in a year: 53,744 more premises can now order it. 8,570 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 875,590 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)
| Kent | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 74.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 81.4% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 96.5% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
180,843 of 919,500 premises in BDUK's records (19.7%) can't get a gigabit-capable connection yet. Here's what's planned for them.
Contracted build here is due to finish by March 2029.
Ranked by full fibre coverage. UK rank is out of 361 council areas.
| Medway | 81.2% | 90.4% | +4.7 | 765 | 180 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thanet | 79.2% | 79.2% | +2.9 | 609 | 201 |
| Canterbury | 75% | 75% | +5.9 | 632 | 245 |
| Tonbridge and Malling | 75% | 85.5% | +7.9 | 633 | 247 |
| Tunbridge Wells | 75% | 80.8% | +3.4 | 450 | 248 |
| Dover | 74.8% | 80.3% | +8.5 | 618 | 250 |
| Folkestone and Hythe | 74.5% | 80.2% | +10.3 | 1,194 | 253 |
| Swale | 74.3% | 80.2% | +2.9 | 763 | 260 |
| Dartford | 73.5% | 84% | +13.9 | 314 | 264 |
| Gravesham | 73% | 83.1% | +3.8 | 137 | 268 |
| Maidstone | 71.4% | 80.5% | +6.3 | 879 | 279 |
| Ashford | 68% | 76% | +3.6 | 1,209 | 302 |
| Sevenoaks | 67.4% | 76.2% | +8.2 | 367 | 307 |
74.7% of premises in Kent could order full fibre in January 2026, and 81.4% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Kent went from 68.6% in January 2025 to 74.7% in January 2026: 53,744 more premises.
8,570 premises in Kent (1%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 917 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 Kent have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
180,843 premises in Kent can't get gigabit broadband yet. 56,837 are in a provider's own build plans, 3,931 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2029, and 120,075 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Medway has the highest full fibre coverage in Kent (81.2%) and Sevenoaks the lowest (67.4%).
99.6% of premises in Kent have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 85.5%.