Crap Towns / Kirkcaldy / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Kirkcaldy?
In January 2026, 1.0% of premises in Kirkcaldy couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 292 | 1.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 25,746 | 91.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Kirkcaldy | – | 1.0 |
| Dalgety Bay | 15.5 km | 0.4 |
| Kelty | 13.7 km | 0.2 |
| Glenrothes | 7.7 km | 0.2 |
| Cowdenbeath | 11.9 km | 0.1 |
| Leven | 12.7 km | 0.1 |
| Lochgelly | 9.2 km | 0.1 |
| Methil | 11.1 km | 0.1 |
| Cardenden | 6.3 km | less than 0.1 |
| Ballingry | 10.4 km | 0.0 |
| Burntisland | 8.3 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |