19 providers offer 220 broadband deals in East Ayrshire, from £15.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 90 Mbps down and 21 Mbps up, 11% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in East Ayrshire
The best value in East Ayrshire 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 East Ayrshire
£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 East Ayrshire
The fastest deal available in East Ayrshire is You 8000 from YouFibre at 7,000 Mbps. Next fastest is Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix from Virgin Media O2 at 2,000 Mbps.
Fastest in East Ayrshire
£99/mo
No rises, no surprises.
£1188 total over 12 months
Runner-up on speed
Gig2 Fibre broadband + Netflix
200 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for power users & big households
£51.99/mo
rises to £55.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £54.99/mo over contract · £1320 total over 24 months
Cheapest broadband deal in East Ayrshire
The cheapest deal in East Ayrshire 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 East Ayrshire
£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 East Ayrshire
19 providers serve East Ayrshire, 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 East Ayrshire download speed at 90 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in East Ayrshire
Only 13% of the 36,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 75% 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 East Ayrshire line runs 90 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
GoodWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 75% of East Ayrshire, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach East Ayrshire?
The wholesale networks carrying East Ayrshire broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching East Ayrshire, listed below. The companies that build their own fibre rather than reselling someone else's, which is often the cheapest gigabit on the street.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband, Vodafone
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Behind the altnets, Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run as the major-network options (Openreach is built out to roughly every house in the country).
Real provider count in East Ayrshire: 19 actively selling into addresses.
What broadband coverage does East Ayrshire have?
Superfast broadband reaches 97% of East Ayrshire premises but gigabit only 75%, so around 22% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in East Ayrshire?
Outdoor 5G reaches 94% of East Ayrshire homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 94% of East Ayrshire, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by East Ayrshire neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 117 Mbps in Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse to 50 Mbps in Irvine Valley, so your street matters more than the East Ayrshire average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse KA1 | 117 | +26 | 24 | 97% | 84% | 95% |
| Annick KA3 | 104 | +14 | 24 | 96% | 87% | 94% |
| Kilmarnock West and Crosshouse KA2 | 82 | -8 | 23 | 93% | 61% | 95% |
| Cumnock and New Cumnock KA18 | 66 | -24 | 18 | 96% | 62% | 94% |
| Doon Valley KA6 | 65 | -25 | 16 | 94% | 37% | 95% |
| Ballochmyle KA5 | 61 | -30 | 14 | 91% | 64% | 95% |
| Irvine Valley KA17 | 55 | -35 | 13 | 99% | 80% | 94% |
| Irvine Valley KA4 | 55 | -36 | 13 | 96% | 64% | 94% |
| Irvine Valley KA16 | 50 | -40 | 12 | 96% | 56% | 94% |
Measured Ofcom data per East Ayrshire neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the East Ayrshire 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 East Ayrshirecome 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.