Broadband in Midlothian

Midlothian's full fibre figure and its gigabit figure are the same, 86.5%, which tells you the fast network here is fibre to the premises rather than a separate cable footprint.

The spread between outward codes is the part worth reading closely. EH17 and EH16 both show complete full fibre availability, and EH19 is nearly there at 95.8%. At the other end, EH20 and EH37 record coverage of around two thirds, while EH21 shows no full fibre in this dataset at all. So the county average conceals two different experiences: whole outward codes where every postcode is fibre-ready, and pockets where a third of postcodes or more are still waiting. Superfast coverage of 96.8% supports all of it, meaning the non-fibre areas still have workable speeds in the meantime. Across 14 outward codes, that is a strong overall hand with a couple of visible gaps.

There is no price data on this record, so the housing angle is about search strategy. A mover who cares about fibre should weight the outward code heavily. In EH17 or EH16 every postcode in this data is covered, so any address works. In EH20 or EH37 roughly a third of postcodes are not yet fibre-ready, and in EH21 none are recorded, so the specific postcode matters far more than the county's healthy 86.5% average suggests.