Crap Towns / Dunoon / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dunoon?
In January 2026, 5.7% of premises in Dunoon couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 11.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 30 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached less than 0.1% of premises, far lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
Gigabit has barely reached Dunoon. Even staying indoors comes with a fucking drawback.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 30 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 282 | 5.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 1 | less than 0.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Dunoon | – | 5.7 |
| Port Glasgow | 16.3 km | 2.1 |
| Largs | 18.0 km | 0.9 |
| Dumbarton | 22.6 km | 0.7 |
| Greenock | 9.5 km | 0.6 |
| Gourock | 5.8 km | 0.4 |
| Balloch | 22.4 km | 0.2 |
| Bonhill | 22.5 km | 0.1 |
| Alexandria | 21.7 km | 0.1 |
| Helensburgh | 13.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| Houston | 26.2 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |