19 providers offer 219 broadband deals in East Lothian, from £15.00 a month and up to 7,000 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 73 Mbps down and 19 Mbps up, 28% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in East Lothian
The best value in East Lothian 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 Lothian
£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 Lothian
The fastest deal available in East Lothian 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 Lothian
£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 Lothian
The cheapest deal in East Lothian 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 Lothian
£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 Lothian
19 providers serve East Lothian, 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 Lothian download speed at 73 Mbps.
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Room to upgrade in East Lothian
Only 11% of the 32,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 84% 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 Lothian line runs 73 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 84% of East Lothian, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach East Lothian?
The wholesale networks carrying East Lothian broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Independent altnets reaching East Lothian, 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
And the major networks: Openreach and Virgin Media O2 both reach this area (Openreach is built out to roughly every house in the country).
Real provider count in East Lothian: 19 actively selling into addresses.
What broadband coverage does East Lothian have?
Superfast broadband reaches 94% of East Lothian premises but gigabit only 84%, so around 10% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in East Lothian?
Outdoor 5G reaches 99% of East Lothian homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 99% of East Lothian, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by East Lothian neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 102 Mbps in Tranent to 15 Mbps in Haddington and Lammermuir, so your street matters more than the East Lothian average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tranent EH33 | 102 | +29 | 25 | 99% | 95% | 99% |
| Haddington and Lammermuir EH35 | 96 | +23 | 30 | 100% | 99% | 99% |
| Musselburgh EH21 | 74 | +1 | 19 | 98% | 83% | 99% |
| Preston EH32 | 73 | 0 | 20 | 99% | 93% | 99% |
| Dunbar and East Linton EH42 | 69 | -3 | 22 | 93% | 86% | 99% |
| North Berwick Coastal EH39 | 67 | -6 | 16 | 84% | 65% | 99% |
| North Berwick Coastal EH31 | 63 | -10 | 15 | 100% | 95% | 99% |
| Haddington and Lammermuir EH34 | 62 | -11 | 16 | 93% | 90% | 99% |
| Haddington and Lammermuir EH41 | 60 | -13 | 18 | 87% | 80% | 99% |
| Dunbar and East Linton EH40 | 59 | -14 | 14 | 91% | 80% | 99% |
| Haddington and Lammermuir EH36 | 15 | -58 | 2 | 79% | 79% | 99% |
Measured Ofcom data per East Lothian neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the East Lothian 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 Lothiancome 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.