Crap Towns / Aberdare / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Aberdare?
In January 2026, 0.6% of premises in Aberdare couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 9 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 9 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 120 | 0.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 17,401 | 89.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Pontypridd | 13.9 km | 1.9 |
| Aberdare | – | 0.6 |
| Porth | 11.1 km | 0.5 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 6.7 km | 0.5 |
| Abercynon | 10.4 km | 0.5 |
| Treorchy | 7.3 km | 0.3 |
| Mountain Ash | 4.7 km | 0.3 |
| Treharris | 10.7 km | 0.3 |
| Tonypandy | 9.8 km | 0.3 |
| Treherbert | 7.8 km | 0.2 |
| Rhondda | 7.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |