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Broadband in Drum Brae/Gyle
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Broadband Types Available in Drum Brae/Gyle
| Type | Status | Download | Upload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Broadband | Not available | — | — |
| Superfast Broadband | Available | 36 Mbps | 20 Mbps |
| Ultrafast / Full Fibre | Available | 900 Mbps | 900 Mbps |
| Mobile Broadband | Available | N/A | N/A |
Best option in Drum Brae/Gyle
Full fibre (FTTP) is available in Drum Brae/Gyle, with typical download speeds of around 885 Mbps. This is the fastest and most reliable type of home broadband connection.
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About Broadband in Drum Brae/Gyle
Drum Brae/Gyle is in City of Edinburgh. Full fibre broadband is available here, with typical download speeds of around 885 Mbps, well above the UK average of 69 Mbps. Most major providers cover the area, so there is a reasonable amount of competition on price.
Standard broadband runs over the copper phone network. Speeds depend on your distance from the telephone exchange and typically range from around 5 Mbps to 20 Mbps.
Superfast broadband (FTTC) uses a fibre optic cable to your street cabinet, then copper for the final stretch to your home. Most urban and suburban areas can get speeds of 35 to 80 Mbps.
Full fibre (FTTP) runs fibre optic cable all the way into your home. It is the fastest and most reliable option available, with speeds from 100 Mbps upwards.
What's Happening with Broadband in Drum Brae/Gyle?
Drum Brae and the Gyle are well served by full fibre broadband, with Openreach FTTP available at speeds up to around 885 Mbps across much of the area. That puts this part of Edinburgh comfortably ahead of the Scottish average: as of January 2026, Ofcom data shows 75% of Scottish premises can access FTTP, compared to 82% across the UK as a whole and an 89% national gigabit-capable figure (ISPreview, Spring 2026).
The biggest recent broadband story for Scotland comes from the publicly subsidised R100 programme. On 7 June 2026, the Scottish Government confirmed that its £697m R100 scheme, delivered through Openreach, had passed the milestone of 100,000 premises connected with full fibre across rural Scotland (ISPreview, 7 June 2026). That build targets remote and rural areas that previously had no access to superfast broadband, so it does not directly affect an urban location like Drum Brae or the Gyle, but it reflects the broader investment being made in Scotland's digital infrastructure.
The altnet landscape in Edinburgh is led by Openreach, which remains the primary FTTP provider in the city. GoFibre, the Edinburgh-based alternative network, focuses its build on rural parts of the Scottish Borders, East Lothian, and North East Scotland under Project Gigabit contracts, so it is not currently active in the Drum Brae or Gyle area.
One deadline worth noting regardless of your provider: Openreach is retiring the old copper PSTN phone network in January 2027. If you or anyone in your household still uses a landline phone or relies on copper for broadband, now is the time to check what your ISP is moving you to and whether any home equipment needs updating.
Use the postcode checker above to see exactly which full fibre and gigabit providers are available at your address in Drum Brae or the Gyle.