Crap Towns / Cannock / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cannock?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Cannock couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 14 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 14 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 150 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 30,192 | 96.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Featherstone | 8.6 km | 3.9 |
| Penkridge | 7.2 km | 3.1 |
| Brownhills | 7.9 km | 0.9 |
| Rushall and Shelfield | 10.5 km | 0.6 |
| Cannock | – | 0.5 |
| Rugeley | 8.3 km | 0.3 |
| Bloxwich | 9.7 km | 0.2 |
| Norton Canes | 4.1 km | 0.2 |
| Burntwood | 6.2 km | 0.1 |
| Pelsall | 8.0 km | 0.1 |
| Great Wyrley and Cheslyn Hay | 4.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |