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Broadband availability

Ofcom data showing broadband availability and average speeds in North East CA area

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Broadband Accessibility and Speeds

This section shows the coverage of broadband at different speeds. Almost all internal spaces can access Superfast broadband, which conversely is the slowest broadband speed now measured. In speed order, other broadband speeds are categorised as Ultrasfast broadband, Gigabit, and Full Fibre. The latter two are normally not required for private residences, and Ultrasfast broadband is only needed where there are multiple online users with data intense requirements. 

The latest broadband data

As at the November 2025 Connected Nations report by Ofcom, 97.8% of all premises in the North East CA area had at least a superfast broadband (SFBB) connection or faster. This value is broadly the same within England excluding London which has 96.6% of premises connected to an SFBB connection or faster. In England 77.9% of premises have Full Fibre  and 86.7% have Gigabit connections, compared to 75.6% and 86.8% in the North East CA region. 

 

 

 

The latest mobile data

At Spring 2023, 89.1% of indoor spaces had 4G coverage from all the four major mobile data providers. This was an increase of 1.7pp from Spring 2022. This value is much higher than in England excluding London  where the coverage was 81.6% in 2023.

All LEP areas saw an increase in indoor 4G coverage with the largest increases in Greater Manchester and Liverpool City Region. North East LEP LAs generally had increases in 4G coverage, although Gateshead and North Tynesdie did have marginal decreases in coverage.

The statistics are based on Ofcom collected data.

Mobile 4G Data Coverage in Geographical Areas