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Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke Broadband Coverage

Westminster parliamentary constituency · Scotland · 49,422 premises

Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke sits below the UK's 77.5% full-fibre benchmark, at 67.0%.

67.0%
Full-fibre (FTTP)
89.6%
Gigabit-capable
98.4%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)
89.6%
Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s)
0.0%
Below USO (10 Mbit/s)

Broadband Coverage in Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

With 49,422 premises, Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke sits in Scotland. 67.0% of those premises can get full-fibre broadband, broadly in line with national trends compared with other UK constituencies, and 89.6% have some form of gigabit-capable connection once upgraded cable networks are counted. Superfast coverage is 98.4%, ultrafast 89.6%.

On connectivity for all households, virtually every premises in Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke clears the 10 Mbit/s Universal Service Obligation, fewer than 1% fall short. The 300 Mbit/s ultrafast line is not fixed forever, Ofcom revisits its speed tiers as coverage grows.

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 Scotland with comparable full-fibre coverage are listed below.

Coverage Metrics

Full-fibre (FTTP)67%Gigabit-capable89.6%Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s)98.4%Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s)89.6%
Broadband coverage metrics for Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke - Ofcom Connected Nations 2025

Full Metrics

Metric % of Premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) 67.0%
Gigabit-capable broadband 89.6%
Superfast (≥30 Mbit/s) 98.4%
Ultrafast (≥300 Mbit/s) 89.6%
Below USO (10 Mbit/s) 0.0%
Total premises 49,422

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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.