Crap Towns / Bicester / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bicester?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Bicester couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 26 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 26 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 141 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 16,457 | 93.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Oxford | 17.4 km | 1.0 |
| Eynsham | 20.1 km | 0.8 |
| Bicester | – | 0.8 |
| Banbury | 22.1 km | 0.5 |
| Aylesbury | 25.9 km | 0.4 |
| Thame | 20.8 km | 0.2 |
| Kidlington | 12.6 km | 0.1 |
| Winslow | 19.4 km | 0.1 |
| Brackley | 14.8 km | 0.1 |
| Haddenham | 21.1 km | 0.1 |
| Buckingham | 15.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |