Broadband in Mid and East Antrim

Judged by its weakest addresses first, this district scores well. The below-10 Mbps share is 1.2%, meaning ninety-nine postcodes in every hundred clear the threshold Ofcom treats as a decent minimum.

At the top end the numbers are stronger still. Gigabit-capable coverage runs to 91.8%, so almost 92% of postcodes can take a connection measured in hundreds of megabits. Superfast availability of 97.5% edges past the UK average of about 97%. Put those together and the shape of the market is clear. There is a thin band, around 8% of postcodes, that has superfast speeds but nothing gigabit-class yet, and a thinner band with a real speed problem. Everyone else can buy about as much bandwidth as a household is likely to want. For a district with this many postcodes spread across eight outward codes, that consistency is the story.

This record carries no house price data, so the useful lens is what the mix means for residents. In practice a mover can treat gigabit availability as the default across Mid and East Antrim and check the individual postcode only to rule out the small 1.2% slow tail. Bigger households, or anyone working from home on large files, will find the 91.8% gigabit footprint removes most of the compromise that used to come with choosing an address here.