Crap Towns / Bearsden / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bearsden?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Bearsden couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 21 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 21 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 124 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 11,783 | 96.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Milngavie | 2.7 km | 3.7 |
| Bearsden | – | 1.0 |
| Glasgow | 8.1 km | 0.9 |
| Paisley | 10.4 km | 0.7 |
| Erskine | 8.1 km | 0.6 |
| Clydebank | 5.1 km | 0.5 |
| Renfrew | 6.3 km | 0.3 |
| Duntocher | 5.1 km | 0.2 |
| Lenzie | 11.1 km | 0.2 |
| Bishopton | 10.9 km | 0.2 |
| Bishopbriggs | 7.4 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |