Crap Towns / Eye / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Eye?
In January 2026, 1.3% of premises in Eye couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 6 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 6 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 31 | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,349 | 96.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Sawtry | 20.5 km | 2.3 |
| Eye | – | 1.3 |
| Deeping St James | 9.6 km | 1.2 |
| March | 19.8 km | 1.1 |
| Spalding | 18.8 km | 1.1 |
| Whittlesey | 7.7 km | 0.7 |
| Yaxley | 11.7 km | 0.3 |
| Peterborough | 6.6 km | 0.2 |
| Stamford | 20.5 km | 0.2 |
| Market Deeping | 11.6 km | 0.2 |
| Ramsey | 18.9 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |