Crap Towns / Kilbirnie / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Kilbirnie?
In January 2026, 0.4% of premises in Kilbirnie couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 20% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 16 | 0.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,538 | 90.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Largs | 12.4 km | 0.9 |
| Irvine | 15.4 km | 0.6 |
| Saltcoats | 13.6 km | 0.4 |
| Kilbirnie | – | 0.4 |
| Stewarton | 12.9 km | 0.2 |
| Beith | 3.0 km | 0.2 |
| Stevenston | 13.3 km | 0.1 |
| Johnstone | 13.6 km | 0.1 |
| Kilwinning | 10.9 km | 0.1 |
| Dalry | 5.3 km | less than 0.1 |
| Ardrossan | 13.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |