Crap Towns / Cowdenbeath / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cowdenbeath?
In January 2026, 0.1% of premises in Cowdenbeath couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 80% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 88.4% of premises, 6% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 8 | 0.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,593 | 88.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkcaldy | 11.9 km | 1.0 |
| Dalgety Bay | 7.9 km | 0.4 |
| Rosyth | 9.8 km | 0.3 |
| Dunfermline | 6.6 km | 0.2 |
| Inverkeithing | 8.8 km | 0.2 |
| Kelty | 3.7 km | 0.2 |
| Cowdenbeath | – | 0.1 |
| Lochgelly | 3.5 km | 0.1 |
| Cardenden | 7.1 km | less than 0.1 |
| Ballingry | 5.7 km | 0.0 |
| Burntisland | 9.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |