Crap Towns / East Kilbride / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in East Kilbride?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in East Kilbride couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 102 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 102 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 351 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 36,196 | 93.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Viewpark | 11.3 km | 1.7 |
| Newton Mearns | 9.0 km | 1.2 |
| East Kilbride | – | 0.9 |
| Uddingston | 9.4 km | 0.9 |
| Bothwell | 8.8 km | 0.8 |
| Hamilton | 8.3 km | 0.7 |
| Cambuslang | 6.9 km | 0.7 |
| Clarkston | 6.9 km | 0.6 |
| Blantyre | 6.9 km | 0.5 |
| Giffnock | 8.3 km | 0.4 |
| Rutherglen | 7.1 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |