Crap Towns / Barrhead / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Barrhead?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Barrhead couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 106 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,194 | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Barrhead | – | 1.2 |
| Newton Mearns | 4.8 km | 1.2 |
| Glasgow | 9.9 km | 0.9 |
| Paisley | 5.2 km | 0.7 |
| Clarkston | 6.8 km | 0.6 |
| Neilston | 3.2 km | 0.5 |
| Giffnock | 6.0 km | 0.4 |
| Renfrew | 8.0 km | 0.3 |
| Elderslie | 7.2 km | 0.1 |
| Johnstone | 8.6 km | 0.1 |
| Linwood | 8.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |