Crap Towns / Cambridge / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cambridge?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Cambridge couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 32 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 | 32 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 753 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 61,684 | 94.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cambourne | 14.2 km | 2.6 |
| Histon and Impington | 5.5 km | 1.2 |
| Sawston | 9.3 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | – | 1.2 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 9.9 km | 0.9 |
| Cottenham | 9.0 km | 0.9 |
| Burwell | 15.4 km | 0.8 |
| Newmarket | 19.2 km | 0.6 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 6.0 km | 0.4 |
| Soham | 20.0 km | 0.2 |
| Waterbeach | 8.3 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |