Crap Towns / Aberdeen / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Aberdeen?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Aberdeen couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,271 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 109,778 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Banchory | 24.7 km | 3.5 |
| Dyce | 7.2 km | 1.5 |
| Aberdeen | – | 1.1 |
| Inverurie | 21.5 km | 0.9 |
| Westhill | 10.1 km | 0.7 |
| Stonehaven | 20.7 km | 0.6 |
| Ellon | 24.5 km | 0.4 |
| Portlethen | 9.3 km | 0.4 |
| Peterhead | 43.8 km | 0.3 |
| Montrose | 52.2 km | 0.1 |
| Cove Bay | 5.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |