Crap Towns / Cowes / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cowes?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Cowes couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 2 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 36 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,812 | 96.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Blackfield and Langley | 8.2 km | 1.0 |
| Holbury | 10.3 km | 1.0 |
| Newport | 5.6 km | 0.9 |
| Netley | 14.0 km | 0.6 |
| Cowes | – | 0.4 |
| Locks Heath | 12.4 km | 0.4 |
| Fareham | 13.7 km | 0.2 |
| East Cowes | 2.2 km | 0.2 |
| Ryde | 11.2 km | 0.1 |
| Gosport | 12.6 km | 0.1 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 10.3 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |