Crap Towns / Dyce / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Dyce?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Dyce couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 14 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 14 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 63 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,997 | 92.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Banchory | 24.1 km | 3.5 |
| Dyce | – | 1.5 |
| Aberdeen | 7.2 km | 1.1 |
| Inverurie | 14.4 km | 0.9 |
| Westhill | 7.7 km | 0.7 |
| Stonehaven | 25.6 km | 0.6 |
| Ellon | 20.2 km | 0.4 |
| Portlethen | 15.3 km | 0.4 |
| Peterhead | 41.2 km | 0.3 |
| Fraserburgh | 55.1 km | 0.1 |
| Cove Bay | 13.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |