Crap Towns / Buntingford / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Buntingford?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Buntingford couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 16 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,359 | 93.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 16.3 km | 6.5 |
| Hertford | 17.5 km | 1.8 |
| Letchworth | 14.2 km | 0.9 |
| Stotfold | 16.3 km | 0.9 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 15.6 km | 0.7 |
| Royston | 11.3 km | 0.7 |
| Stevenage | 12.3 km | 0.6 |
| Buntingford | – | 0.4 |
| Hitchin | 17.0 km | 0.3 |
| Ware | 15.2 km | 0.3 |
| Baldock | 12.0 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |