Crap Towns / Kettering / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Kettering?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Kettering couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 62 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 30,226 | 97.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Rothwell | 6.4 km | 1.1 |
| Brixworth | 14.7 km | 0.9 |
| Corby | 10.6 km | 0.5 |
| Raunds | 13.7 km | 0.5 |
| Desborough | 8.4 km | 0.4 |
| Higham Ferrers | 13.3 km | 0.4 |
| Burton Latimer | 4.7 km | 0.3 |
| Irthlingborough | 10.9 km | 0.3 |
| Kettering | – | 0.2 |
| Wellingborough | 10.5 km | 0.1 |
| Thrapston | 13.4 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |