Crap Towns / Exeter / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Exeter?
In January 2026, 2.3% of premises in Exeter couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 4.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 521 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 521 | 0.9% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 1,407 | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 54,308 | 90.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cullompton | 17.5 km | 3.4 |
| Bovey Tracey | 18.5 km | 3.0 |
| Exeter | – | 2.3 |
| Ottery St Mary | 17.0 km | 2.1 |
| Sidmouth | 19.4 km | 1.4 |
| Kingsteignton | 19.6 km | 1.1 |
| Dawlish | 14.6 km | 0.7 |
| Exmouth | 13.1 km | 0.3 |
| Budleigh Salterton | 15.6 km | 0.1 |
| Crediton | 12.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| Teignmouth | 17.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |