Crap Towns / Deal / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Deal?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Deal couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 2 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.8% 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 | 75 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,450 | 91.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 9.3 km | 2.8 |
| Canterbury | 22.6 km | 1.6 |
| Hawkinge | 19.5 km | 1.5 |
| Herne | 23.7 km | 1.2 |
| Margate | 17.8 km | 1.1 |
| Dover | 11.4 km | 0.9 |
| Folkestone | 23.0 km | 0.6 |
| Deal | – | 0.5 |
| Broadstairs | 16.7 km | 0.4 |
| Ramsgate | 13.8 km | 0.3 |
| Aylesham | 13.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |