18 providers offer 209 broadband deals in Scottish Borders, from £15.00 a month and up to 1,600 Mbps. Typical measured speed is 63 Mbps down and 16 Mbps up, 38% below the UK download average.
Best value broadband deal in Scottish Borders
The best value in Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders
£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 Scottish Borders
The fastest deal available in Scottish Borders is Full Fibre 1.6GB Premium from EE at 1,600 Mbps.
Fastest in Scottish Borders
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
Cheapest broadband deal in Scottish Borders
The cheapest deal in Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borders
£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
Gig1 Broadband Only
41 Mbps upload · Hybrid Fibre-Coaxial
Best for power users & big households
£25.99/mo
rises to £29.99 in April 2027 (+£4)
Avg £28.99/mo over contract · £696 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 Scottish Borders
18 providers serve Scottish Borders, with EE the fastest at 1,600 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 Scottish Borders download speed at 63 Mbps.
Upgrade nudge
Room to upgrade in Scottish Borders
Only 4% of the 35,000 connections here are on 300Mbps or faster, even though 74% 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 Scottish Borders line runs 63 Mbps.
Working from home
OKStreaming and family use
OKWhat speeds are people actually getting?
Gigabit reaches 74% of Scottish Borders, and the fastest available is 1,000 Mbps. The full split by band is below.
Which broadband networks reach Scottish Borders?
The wholesale networks carrying Scottish Borders broadband, from Openreach to Virgin Media and the altnets, read off the live deals.
Where Scottish Borders has working altnets, the gigabit market suddenly looks competitive. Here are the ones that have built into the streets here.
- CityFibre: Sky, The One Broadband
- 4th Utility: 4th Utility, Rise Fibre
Openreach and Virgin Media O2 run alongside the altnets in Scottish Borders (Openreach reaches every address that a postman can find).
Provider competition in Scottish Borders: 18 providers actively in the market.
What broadband coverage does Scottish Borders have?
Superfast broadband reaches 97% of Scottish Borders premises but gigabit only 74%, so around 23% of homes can get fast broadband but not the fastest.
Can I rely on mobile broadband in Scottish Borders?
Outdoor 5G reaches 77% of Scottish Borders homes. Here is how mobile holds up if the line drops.
5G & 4G home broadband
Outdoor 5G covers 77% of Scottish Borders, enough for a 5G home-broadband hub to stand in for a fixed line.
Broadband speeds by Scottish Borders neighbourhood
Measured speeds range from 101 Mbps in Galashiels and District to 33 Mbps in Mid Berwickshire, so your street matters more than the Scottish Borders average.
| Neighbourhood | Median | vs area | Upload | Superfast | Gigabit | 5G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galashiels and District EH38 | 101 | +38 | 29 | 96% | 72% | 77% |
| Tweeddale EH43 | 87 | +25 | 20 | 99% | 98% | 77% |
| Tweeddale EH45 | 86 | +24 | 25 | 98% | 91% | 77% |
| Kelso and District TD5 | 77 | +15 | 22 | 97% | 74% | 77% |
| Tweeddale EH46 | 77 | +14 | 17 | 96% | 29% | 79% |
| Leaderdale and Melrose TD2 | 73 | +11 | 19 | 97% | 51% | 77% |
| Leaderdale and Melrose TD4 | 71 | +9 | 14 | 99% | 23% | 77% |
| East Berwickshire TD13 | 68 | +5 | 12 | 89% | 44% | 82% |
| Mid Berwickshire TD12 | 63 | +1 | 15 | 89% | 73% | 85% |
| Tweeddale EH44 | 62 | -1 | 15 | 97% | 89% | 77% |
| Galashiels and District TD1 | 60 | -2 | 17 | 99% | 82% | 77% |
| Selkirkshire TD7 | 59 | -3 | 14 | 97% | 90% | 77% |
| Leaderdale and Melrose TD6 | 58 | -5 | 15 | 98% | 60% | 77% |
| Mid Berwickshire TD11 | 56 | -6 | 14 | 97% | 69% | 77% |
| Hawick and Hermitage TD9 | 54 | -9 | 11 | 97% | 80% | 77% |
| Jedburgh and District TD8 | 52 | -10 | 12 | 98% | 81% | 77% |
| East Berwickshire TD14 | 50 | -12 | 13 | 98% | 76% | 77% |
| Mid Berwickshire TD3 | 38 | -24 | 11 | 96% | 43% | 77% |
| Mid Berwickshire TD10 | 33 | -29 | 9 | 99% | 54% | 77% |
Measured Ofcom data per Scottish Borders neighbourhood, ranked fastest first. Median and upload are in Mbps; vs area is the median difference from the Scottish Borders 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 Scottish Borderscome 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.