Crap Towns / Dartmouth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dartmouth?
In January 2026, 1.6% of premises in Dartmouth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 26 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 80.2% of premises, 14% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 26 | 0.7% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 61 | 1.6% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,011 | 80.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bovey Tracey | 27.4 km | 3.0 |
| Torquay | 15.9 km | 2.4 |
| Dartmouth | – | 1.6 |
| Paignton | 8.6 km | 1.4 |
| Totnes | 11.6 km | 1.4 |
| Newton Abbot | 19.9 km | 1.1 |
| Kingsteignton | 22.2 km | 1.1 |
| Ivybridge | 24.3 km | 1.0 |
| Brixham | 6.1 km | 1.0 |
| Kingsbridge | 15.1 km | 0.1 |
| Teignmouth | 23.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |