Crap Towns / Dumfries / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dumfries?
In January 2026, 1.3% of premises in Dumfries couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.4% of premises, 9% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 240 | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 15,671 | 85.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Dumfries | – | 1.3 |
| Seaton | 45.9 km | 1.0 |
| Locharbriggs | 3.5 km | 0.9 |
| Annan | 24.4 km | 0.9 |
| Workington | 48.0 km | 0.6 |
| Cockermouth | 48.2 km | 0.6 |
| Maryport | 40.5 km | 0.4 |
| Carlisle | 46.9 km | 0.4 |
| Cumnock | 59.4 km | 0.1 |
| Wigton | 39.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| Whitehaven | 59.1 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |