Crap Towns / Port Talbot / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Port Talbot?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Port Talbot couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.5% 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 | 149 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 15,159 | 95.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Clydach | 13.9 km | 1.6 |
| Gowerton | 17.2 km | 1.0 |
| Port Talbot | – | 0.9 |
| Maesteg | 9.6 km | 0.4 |
| Baglan | 4.7 km | 0.4 |
| Neath | 8.1 km | 0.4 |
| Sarn | 15.0 km | 0.3 |
| Swansea | 11.3 km | 0.3 |
| Porthcawl | 13.6 km | 0.2 |
| Pyle | 10.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| Pontardawe | 15.6 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |