Crap Towns / Beith / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Beith?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Beith couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 5 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,861 | 95.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Neilston | 13.5 km | 0.5 |
| Kilbirnie | 3.0 km | 0.4 |
| Stewarton | 10.7 km | 0.2 |
| Beith | – | 0.2 |
| Stevenston | 14.6 km | 0.1 |
| Elderslie | 13.4 km | 0.1 |
| Johnstone | 11.4 km | 0.1 |
| Kilwinning | 11.7 km | 0.1 |
| Dalry | 7.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| Houston | 14.0 km | 0.0 |
| Linwood | 13.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |