19 providers offer 218 broadband deals in Dumfries and Galloway, from £15.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 57 Mbps down and 14 Mbps up, 44% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Dumfries and Galloway
The best value in Dumfries and Galloway on full first-year cost is Plusnet's Full Fibre 145: £292 across year one, about £24 a month. A £155 reward card is bundled in. 145 Mbps covers streaming, video calls and working from home.
Best value in Dumfries and Galloway
£22.99/mo
rises to £26.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £26.32/mo over contract · £632 total over 24 months
Fastest broadband deal in Dumfries and Galloway
The fastest deal available in Dumfries and Galloway is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps.
Fastest in Dumfries and Galloway
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Cheapest broadband deal in Dumfries and Galloway
The cheapest deal in Dumfries and Galloway is Fast 24m from giffgaff at £5.00 a month for 200 Mbps. It's full fibre, so the advertised speed is the speed that reaches the router. The £5.00 is an intro price that rises to £25.00 a month after the intro window, making the real first-year cost £180. Comfortably faster than the UK average.
Cheapest in Dumfries and Galloway
£5/mo
for 6 months, then £25/mo
Avg £20/mo over contract · £480 total over 24 months
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£5/mo
for 6 months, then £28/mo
Avg £22.25/mo over contract · £534 total over 24 months
Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium
115 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£33.99/mo
rises to £37.99 in March 2027 (+£4)
Avg £37.32/mo over contract · £896 total over 24 months
Sky Full Fibre Gigafast
100 Mbps upload · Full Fibre
Best for power users & big households
£31/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£749 total over 24 months
Onestream Fibre 55
10 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre
Best for small homes, single 4K streamer
£19.94/mo
rises to £22.69 in April 2027 (+£2.75)
Avg £22/mo over contract · £528 total over 24 months
Broadband providers in Dumfries and Galloway
19 providers serve Dumfries and Galloway, with YouFibre the fastest at 7,000 Mbps.
Ranked by Ofcom complaints per 100,000 customers, fewest first. A down arrow is below the industry average, up is above, and a dash means Ofcom publishes no figure for that provider (usually because it is below Ofcom's 1.5% market-share reporting threshold). A small diagonal arrow shows the past-year trend (↘ improving, ↗ getting worse).
Ofcom records the typical Dumfries and Galloway download speed at 57 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in Dumfries and Galloway
Only 3% of the 43,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 68% can get gigabit.
The faster line is already there. For most of these homes it is the contract holding them back, not the infrastructure.
Is your broadband good enough?
The typical Dumfries and Galloway line runs 57 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 68% of Dumfries and Galloway, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Dumfries and Galloway?
The wholesale networks carrying Dumfries and Galloway broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
These are the alternatives to Openreach in Dumfries and Galloway: smaller infrastructure firms that have laid their own fibre. The pricing pressure they create is good news on a Saturday morning bill review.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
On top of the altnets, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 also serve Dumfries and Galloway (Openreach covers every UK premises bar a tiny remote tail).
There are 19 providers on the live deal list for Dumfries and Galloway.
What broadband coverage does Dumfries and Galloway have?
Superfast broadband reaches 96% of Dumfries and Galloway premises but gigabit only 68%, so around 28% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Dumfries and Galloway?
Outdoor 5G reaches 86% of Dumfries and Galloway homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
Broadband speeds by Dumfries and Galloway neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 69 Mbps in North West Dumfries to 46 Mbps in Stranraer and the Rhins, so your street matters more than the Dumfries and Galloway average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North West Dumfries DG2 | 69 | +12 | 20 | 98% | 80% | 86% |
| Nith DG1 | 62 | +5 | 17 | 96% | 72% | 86% |
| Annandale DG12 | 60 | +3 | 13 | 97% | 73% | 86% |
| Mid and Upper Nithsdale DG3 | 57 | 0 | 13 | 97% | 69% | 86% |
| Castle Douglas and Crocketford DG7 | 56 | -1 | 13 | 94% | 58% | 86% |
| Annandale DG11 | 56 | -1 | 13 | 97% | 66% | 86% |
| Mid and Upper Nithsdale DG4 | 55 | -2 | 12 | 98% | 60% | 86% |
| Dee and Glenkens DG6 | 54 | -3 | 12 | 97% | 75% | 86% |
| Mid Galloway and Wigtown DG8 | 54 | -3 | 12 | 96% | 60% | 86% |
| Annandale East and Eskdale DG14 | 52 | -6 | 12 | 97% | 70% | 86% |
| Annandale East and Eskdale DG16 | 51 | -6 | 13 | 93% | 58% | 86% |
| Abbey DG5 | 51 | -6 | 11 | 97% | 56% | 86% |
| Annandale East and Eskdale DG13 | 48 | -9 | 10 | 93% | 33% | 86% |
| Annandale DG10 | 46 | -11 | 10 | 97% | 56% | 86% |
| Stranraer and the Rhins DG9 | 46 | -12 | 11 | 96% | 73% | 86% |
Measured Ofcom data per Dumfries and Galloway neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Dumfries and Galloway average; superfast, gigabit and 5G are the % of premises covered. Swipe the table sideways for more columns.
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* Based on Go.Compare research estimating that 28% of UK broadband users pay for faster broadband speeds than they need (which we interpret as overpaying), equivalent to around 7.5m UK households.
Speed and coverage figures for Dumfries and Gallowaycome from Ofcom's Connected Nations data, current to January 2026. Deal prices are pulled live from providers. Compiled by the FindBroadband team. See how we rank and source our data.