Crap Towns / Newport / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newport?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Newport couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 14 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 91.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 14 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 115 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 11,906 | 91.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Ventnor | 13.1 km | 1.9 |
| Shanklin | 11.4 km | 1.1 |
| Blackfield and Langley | 13.6 km | 1.0 |
| Holbury | 15.8 km | 1.0 |
| Newport | – | 0.9 |
| Cowes | 5.6 km | 0.4 |
| East Cowes | 5.8 km | 0.2 |
| Ryde | 10.0 km | 0.1 |
| Gosport | 15.1 km | 0.1 |
| Sandown | 10.6 km | less than 0.1 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 14.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |