Crap Towns / Cardiff / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cardiff?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Cardiff couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 791 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 791 | 0.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 2,344 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 155,926 | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | – | 1.4 |
| Dinas Powis | 7.5 km | 1.2 |
| Church Village | 11.8 km | 0.7 |
| Risca | 13.9 km | 0.7 |
| Bedwas | 10.2 km | 0.5 |
| Penarth | 6.4 km | 0.4 |
| Caerphilly | 9.0 km | 0.4 |
| Barry | 11.5 km | 0.4 |
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | 12.4 km | 0.2 |
| Beddau | 13.1 km | 0.2 |
| Rogerstone | 14.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |