Crap Towns / Glasgow / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Glasgow?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Glasgow couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 296 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 296 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 2,967 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 328,329 | 94.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Barrhead | 9.9 km | 1.2 |
| Newton Mearns | 9.7 km | 1.2 |
| Bearsden | 8.1 km | 1.0 |
| Glasgow | – | 0.9 |
| Cambuslang | 8.1 km | 0.7 |
| Clarkston | 8.0 km | 0.6 |
| Stepps | 8.4 km | 0.6 |
| Giffnock | 6.4 km | 0.4 |
| Renfrew | 8.2 km | 0.3 |
| Bishopbriggs | 6.6 km | 0.2 |
| Rutherglen | 5.3 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |