Crap Towns / Desborough / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Desborough?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Desborough 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 97.2% 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 | 21 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,501 | 97.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Rothwell | 2.6 km | 1.1 |
| Brixworth | 14.2 km | 0.9 |
| Earls Barton | 20.3 km | 0.7 |
| Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt | 16.1 km | 0.7 |
| Corby | 10.4 km | 0.5 |
| Desborough | – | 0.4 |
| Burton Latimer | 13.0 km | 0.3 |
| Irthlingborough | 19.3 km | 0.3 |
| Market Harborough | 7.9 km | 0.2 |
| Kettering | 8.4 km | 0.2 |
| Wellingborough | 17.5 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |