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Middlesbrough and Thornaby East Broadband Coverage

Westminster parliamentary constituency · England · 55,491 premises

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East lags the UK's 77.5% full-fibre average, currently at 68.5%.

68.5%
Full-fibre (FTTP)
93.7%
Gigabit-capable
97.0%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
93.7%
Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s)
0.0%
Below USO (10 Mbit/s)

Broadband Coverage in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East

Middlesbrough and Thornaby East, part of England, has 55,491 premises. 97.0% of premises have superfast (30 Mbit/s or more) broadband and 93.7% reach ultrafast (300 Mbit/s or more); underpinning both is a full-fibre figure of 68.5%, broadly in line with national trends, and a gigabit-capable figure of 93.7% once cable upgrades are counted.

On connectivity for all households, virtually every premises in Middlesbrough and Thornaby East clears the 10 Mbit/s Universal Service Obligation, fewer than 1% fall short. Don't be surprised if Ofcom's ultrafast bar climbs in later reports, gigabit is quickly becoming standard.

Where these figures come from

Figures are drawn from Ofcom's Connected Nations 2025 report (July 2025, r01), which aggregates postcode-sector data to constituency level. They represent coverage availability from at least one network operator, not the proportion of households that have subscribed to a given speed tier, nor the typical or guaranteed speeds that customers actually receive. Nearby constituencies in England with comparable full-fibre coverage are listed below.

Coverage Metrics

Full-fibre (FTTP)68.5%Gigabit-capable93.7%Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)97%Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s)93.7%
Broadband coverage metrics for Middlesbrough and Thornaby East - Ofcom Connected Nations 2025

Full Metrics

Metric % of Premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) 68.5%
Gigabit-capable broadband 93.7%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s) 97.0%
Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s) 93.7%
Below USO (10 Mbit/s) 0.0%
Total premises 55,491

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Source: Ofcom Connected Nations 2025, July 2025 release (r01). Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures represent premises-level coverage availability, not actual subscriptions or speeds experienced.

Every figure on PlainBroadband is rendered directly from Ofcom Connected Nations data, no number is typed in by an editor. This constituency's figures are computed directly from Ofcom Connected Nations data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.