Crap Towns / Brownhills / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Brownhills?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Brownhills couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 47 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 | 47 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 82 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,135 | 96.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Brownhills | – | 0.9 |
| Aldridge | 4.5 km | 0.9 |
| Streetly | 7.8 km | 0.6 |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 4.2 km | 0.6 |
| Cannock | 7.9 km | 0.5 |
| Walsall | 8.0 km | 0.4 |
| Bloxwich | 5.8 km | 0.2 |
| Norton Canes | 3.8 km | 0.2 |
| Burntwood | 3.8 km | 0.1 |
| Pelsall | 3.1 km | 0.1 |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 6.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |