Crap Towns / Cottenham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cottenham?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Cottenham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.2% of premises, 9% lower than 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 | 26 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,592 | 85.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cambourne | 15.1 km | 2.6 |
| Histon and Impington | 3.9 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 9.0 km | 1.2 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 4.3 km | 0.9 |
| Cottenham | – | 0.9 |
| Burwell | 14.0 km | 0.8 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 15.0 km | 0.4 |
| Ely | 15.8 km | 0.3 |
| Soham | 15.8 km | 0.2 |
| St Ives | 14.5 km | 0.2 |
| Waterbeach | 4.6 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |