Crap Towns / Didcot / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Didcot?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Didcot couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 122 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,767 | 94.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Grove | 12.3 km | 1.3 |
| Newbury | 23.6 km | 1.2 |
| Oxford | 16.2 km | 1.0 |
| Wallingford | 8.0 km | 0.8 |
| Eynsham | 20.9 km | 0.8 |
| Didcot | – | 0.8 |
| Abingdon-on-Thames | 7.7 km | 0.7 |
| Thatcham | 23.6 km | 0.6 |
| Wantage | 12.5 km | 0.3 |
| Benson | 10.3 km | 0.1 |
| Sonning Common | 21.0 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |