Crap Towns / Dinas Powis / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dinas Powis?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Dinas Powis couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 44 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,661 | 96.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cardiff | 7.5 km | 1.4 |
| Dinas Powis | – | 1.2 |
| Rhoose | 10.3 km | 1.1 |
| Church Village | 16.3 km | 0.7 |
| Bedwas | 17.6 km | 0.5 |
| Penarth | 2.3 km | 0.4 |
| Caerphilly | 16.0 km | 0.4 |
| Barry | 4.5 km | 0.4 |
| Abertridwr and Senghenydd | 18.7 km | 0.2 |
| Beddau | 16.7 km | 0.2 |
| Pontyclun | 15.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |