Crap Towns / Newton Mearns / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Newton Mearns?
In January 2026, 1.2% of premises in Newton Mearns couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 133 | 1.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 10,947 | 96.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Barrhead | 4.8 km | 1.2 |
| Newton Mearns | – | 1.2 |
| East Kilbride | 9.0 km | 0.9 |
| Glasgow | 9.7 km | 0.9 |
| Cambuslang | 11.7 km | 0.7 |
| Paisley | 9.7 km | 0.7 |
| Clarkston | 2.8 km | 0.6 |
| Neilston | 6.3 km | 0.5 |
| Giffnock | 3.5 km | 0.4 |
| Renfrew | 11.6 km | 0.3 |
| Rutherglen | 9.0 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |