Crap Towns / East Cowes / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in East Cowes?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in East Cowes couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,091 | 96.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Blackfield and Langley | 9.5 km | 1.0 |
| Holbury | 11.5 km | 1.0 |
| Newport | 5.8 km | 0.9 |
| Cowes | 2.2 km | 0.4 |
| Locks Heath | 12.1 km | 0.4 |
| Fareham | 12.5 km | 0.2 |
| East Cowes | – | 0.2 |
| Ryde | 9.1 km | 0.1 |
| Gosport | 10.6 km | 0.1 |
| Sandown | 13.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 9.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |