Crap Towns / Dover / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dover?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Dover couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 47 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.6% of premises, 9% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 47 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 155 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,980 | 85.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Whitfield | 3.3 km | 2.8 |
| Hythe | 17.3 km | 1.7 |
| Canterbury | 22.9 km | 1.6 |
| Hawkinge | 10.0 km | 1.5 |
| Herne | 27.9 km | 1.2 |
| Dover | – | 0.9 |
| Folkestone | 12.8 km | 0.6 |
| Deal | 11.4 km | 0.5 |
| Broadstairs | 27.6 km | 0.4 |
| Ramsgate | 24.6 km | 0.3 |
| Aylesham | 13.2 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |