Crap Towns / Cambourne / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cambourne?
In January 2026, 2.6% of premises in Cambourne couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 5.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 117 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 117 | 2.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 125 | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,574 | 94.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cambourne | – | 2.6 |
| Histon and Impington | 12.9 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 14.2 km | 1.2 |
| Godmanchester | 12.6 km | 1.0 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 11.2 km | 0.9 |
| Cottenham | 15.1 km | 0.9 |
| Huntingdon | 15.6 km | 0.8 |
| Potton | 14.0 km | 0.5 |
| St Neots | 13.6 km | 0.4 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 16.1 km | 0.4 |
| St Ives | 12.9 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |