Crap Towns / Edinburgh / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Edinburgh?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Edinburgh couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 498 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 498 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 4,107 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 258,247 | 92.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Edinburgh | – | 1.5 |
| Dalgety Bay | 13.9 km | 0.4 |
| Dalkeith | 11.0 km | 0.4 |
| Musselburgh | 10.4 km | 0.4 |
| Penicuik | 11.2 km | 0.3 |
| Loanhead | 7.5 km | 0.1 |
| Mayfield | 12.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| South Queensferry | 12.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| Bonnyrigg | 9.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| Burntisland | 13.9 km | 0.0 |
| Kirkliston | 11.9 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |