Crap Towns / Pontypool / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Pontypool?
In January 2026, 1.8% of premises in Pontypool couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 124 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 124 | 0.8% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 272 | 1.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 13,328 | 90.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cwmbrân | 4.7 km | 2.0 |
| Pontypool | – | 1.8 |
| Abertillery | 9.3 km | 1.8 |
| Abercarn | 8.7 km | 0.8 |
| Risca | 10.6 km | 0.7 |
| Abersychan | 5.4 km | 0.7 |
| Newbridge | 8.3 km | 0.6 |
| Oakdale | 9.9 km | 0.4 |
| Blaenavon | 10.0 km | 0.4 |
| Caerleon | 9.5 km | 0.2 |
| Rogerstone | 11.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |