Crap Towns / Hook / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Hook?
In January 2026, 1.8% of premises in Hook couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 17 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 17 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 79 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,038 | 92.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Sandhurst | 14.0 km | 3.0 |
| Hook | – | 1.8 |
| Farnborough | 13.0 km | 0.9 |
| Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross | 12.4 km | 0.9 |
| Odiham | 3.6 km | 0.9 |
| Basingstoke | 10.5 km | 0.7 |
| Fleet | 8.2 km | 0.7 |
| Shinfield | 13.8 km | 0.4 |
| Yateley | 10.2 km | 0.4 |
| Blackwater | 12.6 km | 0.1 |
| Weybourne | 13.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |