Crap Towns / Ferndown / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Ferndown?
In January 2026, 1.9% of premises in Ferndown couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 80.1% of premises, 15% lower than 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 | 127 | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,428 | 80.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ashley Heath | 5.6 km | 6.8 |
| Merley | 5.5 km | 6.5 |
| Verwood | 8.4 km | 2.4 |
| Corfe Mullen | 9.7 km | 2.0 |
| Ferndown | – | 1.9 |
| Ringwood | 10.0 km | 1.1 |
| Poole | 9.5 km | 0.7 |
| Bournemouth | 7.2 km | 0.7 |
| Upton | 11.8 km | 0.5 |
| West Moors | 2.7 km | 0.5 |
| Wimborne Minster | 4.6 km | 0.5 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |