Crap Towns / March / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in March?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in March couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 93.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 119 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,101 | 93.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Eye | 19.8 km | 1.3 |
| March | – | 1.1 |
| Chatteris | 11.3 km | 1.1 |
| Wisbech | 13.6 km | 0.9 |
| Whittlesey | 14.0 km | 0.7 |
| Littleport | 18.2 km | 0.7 |
| Ely | 20.8 km | 0.3 |
| Yaxley | 23.8 km | 0.3 |
| Peterborough | 23.5 km | 0.2 |
| Ramsey | 17.8 km | 0.1 |
| Downham Market | 20.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |