Crap Towns / Cumbernauld / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Cumbernauld?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Cumbernauld couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 169 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 169 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 266 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 22,666 | 92.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkintilloch | 9.0 km | 1.8 |
| Coatbridge | 10.6 km | 1.7 |
| Denny | 9.5 km | 1.2 |
| Cumbernauld | – | 1.1 |
| Airdrie | 9.6 km | 0.9 |
| Stepps | 11.3 km | 0.6 |
| Kilsyth | 4.9 km | 0.4 |
| Bonnybridge | 9.1 km | 0.3 |
| Lenzie | 10.2 km | 0.2 |
| Moodiesburn | 6.7 km | 0.1 |
| Chapelhall | 12.3 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |