Crap Towns / East Calder / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in East Calder?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in East Calder couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 8 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.6% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 8 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 14 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,893 | 96.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Livingston | 4.8 km | 2.1 |
| Edinburgh | 15.4 km | 1.5 |
| Bathgate | 11.4 km | 0.7 |
| Whitburn | 15.2 km | 0.4 |
| East Calder | – | 0.3 |
| Rosyth | 15.3 km | 0.3 |
| Linlithgow | 13.1 km | 0.3 |
| Broxburn | 4.7 km | 0.1 |
| Blackburn | 10.8 km | 0.1 |
| South Queensferry | 10.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| Kirkliston | 7.5 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |