87.6% of homes and businesses in Portsmouth can get full fibre broadband, above the UK figure of 81%. That's up 11.1 points in a year: 10,752 more premises can now order it. 297 still can't get 10 Mbit/s from a fixed line.
Fastest download speed available, share of all 95,584 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)
| Portsmouth | England | UK | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full fibre | 87.6% | 81.3% | 81% |
| Gigabit-capable | 96.9% | 88.4% | 87.8% |
| Superfast (30 Mbit/s+) | 99.1% | 97.8% | 97.7% |
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0.3% | 0.6% | 0.7% |
Portsmouth ranks 104th of 361 UK council areas for full fibre coverage (see all).
7,096 of 101,638 premises in BDUK's records (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 2030.
Average across each district's postcodes. Tap a column to sort.
| PO1 | 85% | 94% | 0.3% | 830 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PO2 | 96% | 98% | 0.5% | 756 |
| PO3 | 98% | 98% | 1.1% | 435 |
| PO4 | 97% | 100% | 0% | 733 |
| PO5 | 90% | 98% | 1.1% | 660 |
| PO6 | 95% | 97% | 1.2% | 899 |
87.6% of premises in Portsmouth could order full fibre in January 2026, and 96.9% could get gigabit speeds (full fibre or cable). Coverage varies street by street, so check your postcode.
Full fibre coverage in Portsmouth went from 76.5% in January 2025 to 87.6% in January 2026: 10,752 more premises.
297 premises in Portsmouth (0.3%) can't get 10 Mbit/s download speeds from a fixed line, and 2 can't get what Ofcom calls decent broadband from a fixed line or fixed wireless.
About 34% of premises that can get full fibre in Portsmouth have taken it up. The rest are still on older copper or cable lines, often paying similar prices for slower speeds.
7,096 premises in Portsmouth can't get gigabit broadband yet. 2,446 are in a provider's own build plans, 76 are in a government Project Gigabit contract due to finish by March 2030, and 4,574 have no plan yet (May 2026). Enter your postcode above to see what's planned where you live.
Of the 6 postcode districts we cover for Portsmouth, PO3 has the most gigabit coverage (98% on average) and PO1 the least (85%).
100% of premises in Portsmouth 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%.