84.7% of homes and businesses in the East Suffolk council area can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 7.3 points in a year: 9,956 more premises can now order it. 811 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 130,344 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)
| Lowestoft | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 84.7% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 85.4% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 98% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
The East Suffolk council area ranks 139th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
24,438 of 136,370 premises in BDUK's records (17.9%) 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.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| NR32 | 94% | 99% | 0.6% | 1091 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NR33 | 97% | 99% | 0.1% | 926 |
84.7% of premises in the East Suffolk council area could order full fibre in January 2026, and 85.4% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in the East Suffolk council area went from 77.4% in January 2025 to 84.7% in January 2026: 9,956 more premises.
811 premises in the East Suffolk council area (0.6%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 264 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 68% of premises that can get full fibre in the East Suffolk council area have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
24,438 premises in Lowestoft can't get gigabit broadband yet. 1,986 are in a provider's own build plans, 7,762 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2032, and 14,690 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 2 postcode districts we cover for Lowestoft, NR33 has the most gigabit coverage (97% on average) and NR32 the least (94%).
93.1% of premises in the East Suffolk council area have outdoor 5G coverage from at least one mobile network (Ofcom, high-confidence predictions, January 2026). 4G indoors from all four networks reaches 78.5%.