Crap Towns / Broxburn / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Broxburn?
In January 2026, 0.1% of premises in Broxburn couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.7% 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 | 9 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,456 | 97.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 5.8 km | 2.1 |
| Bathgate | 10.8 km | 0.7 |
| East Calder | 4.7 km | 0.3 |
| Rosyth | 11.2 km | 0.3 |
| Linlithgow | 9.2 km | 0.3 |
| Bo'ness | 11.9 km | 0.3 |
| Inverkeithing | 12.0 km | 0.2 |
| Broxburn | – | 0.1 |
| Blackburn | 11.3 km | 0.1 |
| South Queensferry | 7.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| Kirkliston | 5.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |