Crap Towns / Portsmouth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Portsmouth?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Portsmouth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 298 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 298 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 841 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 100,053 | 97.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Denmead | 8.9 km | 0.8 |
| Portsmouth | – | 0.8 |
| Horndean | 10.7 km | 0.4 |
| South Hayling | 7.9 km | 0.4 |
| Waterlooville | 6.9 km | 0.2 |
| Fareham | 9.2 km | 0.2 |
| Ryde | 12.7 km | 0.1 |
| Gosport | 6.0 km | 0.1 |
| Havant | 7.3 km | 0.1 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 9.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| Emsworth | 10.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |