Crap Towns / Houghton Regis / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Houghton Regis?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Houghton Regis couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 59 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 59 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 118 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,969 | 96.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Tring | 15.4 km | 2.6 |
| Redbourn | 14.7 km | 2.5 |
| Berkhamsted | 16.6 km | 1.6 |
| Houghton Regis | – | 1.1 |
| Leighton Buzzard | 9.7 km | 1.1 |
| Flitwick | 11.0 km | 0.7 |
| Harpenden | 15.8 km | 0.7 |
| Bletchley | 17.6 km | 0.3 |
| Dunstable | 2.5 km | 0.2 |
| Luton | 6.9 km | 0.2 |
| Ampthill | 13.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |