Crap Towns / Potton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Potton?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Potton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 12 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,386 | 95.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cambourne | 14.0 km | 2.6 |
| Sandy | 5.4 km | 1.3 |
| Biggleswade | 5.5 km | 1.0 |
| Letchworth | 16.6 km | 0.9 |
| Stotfold | 12.7 km | 0.9 |
| Royston | 15.7 km | 0.7 |
| Arlesey | 13.1 km | 0.7 |
| Potton | – | 0.5 |
| St Neots | 11.2 km | 0.4 |
| Baldock | 15.9 km | 0.2 |
| Shefford | 12.9 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |