Crap Towns / Blandford Forum / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Blandford Forum?
In January 2026, 0.1% of premises in Blandford Forum couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.0% 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 | 5 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,663 | 93.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Merley | 16.2 km | 6.5 |
| Wool | 19.4 km | 4.7 |
| Verwood | 20.0 km | 2.4 |
| Corfe Mullen | 14.6 km | 2.0 |
| Ferndown | 19.5 km | 1.9 |
| Wareham | 19.2 km | 1.6 |
| Upton | 16.7 km | 0.5 |
| West Moors | 20.1 km | 0.5 |
| Wimborne Minster | 15.2 km | 0.5 |
| Shaftesbury | 16.5 km | 0.1 |
| Blandford Forum | – | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |