Crap Towns / Dunstable / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dunstable?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Dunstable couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 3 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 3 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 31 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 14,617 | 92.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Tring | 13.1 km | 2.6 |
| Redbourn | 13.1 km | 2.5 |
| Berkhamsted | 14.0 km | 1.6 |
| Houghton Regis | 2.5 km | 1.1 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 9.8 km | 1.1 |
| Hemel Hempstead | 15.6 km | 1.0 |
| Flitwick | 13.5 km | 0.7 |
| Harpenden | 14.8 km | 0.7 |
| Dunstable | – | 0.2 |
| Luton | 7.4 km | 0.2 |
| Ampthill | 15.7 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |