Crap Towns / Paignton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Paignton?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Paignton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 68 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 68 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 505 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 32,309 | 92.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Bovey Tracey | 19.6 km | 3.0 |
| Torquay | 7.5 km | 2.4 |
| Dartmouth | 8.6 km | 1.6 |
| Paignton | – | 1.4 |
| Totnes | 8.1 km | 1.4 |
| Newton Abbot | 11.7 km | 1.1 |
| Kingsteignton | 13.8 km | 1.1 |
| Brixham | 5.0 km | 1.0 |
| Dawlish | 19.7 km | 0.7 |
| Kingsbridge | 21.2 km | 0.1 |
| Teignmouth | 15.4 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |