Crap Towns / Bo'ness / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Bo'ness?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Bo'ness couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.1% 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 | 19 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,119 | 96.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Falkirk | 10.9 km | 1.4 |
| Grangemouth | 6.2 km | 1.2 |
| Bathgate | 13.0 km | 0.7 |
| Rosyth | 11.4 km | 0.3 |
| Polmont | 6.7 km | 0.3 |
| Linlithgow | 4.0 km | 0.3 |
| Bo'ness | – | 0.3 |
| Dunfermline | 12.8 km | 0.2 |
| Inverkeithing | 13.6 km | 0.2 |
| Broxburn | 11.9 km | 0.1 |
| Stenhousemuir | 12.6 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |