Crap Towns / Prestwick / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Prestwick?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Prestwick couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 6 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 6 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 39 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 7,411 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Irvine | 13.3 km | 0.6 |
| Prestwick | – | 0.5 |
| Saltcoats | 19.6 km | 0.4 |
| Kilmarnock | 14.3 km | 0.4 |
| Ayr | 4.9 km | 0.3 |
| Troon | 6.6 km | 0.2 |
| Stewarton | 21.4 km | 0.2 |
| Stevenston | 18.0 km | 0.1 |
| Cumnock | 22.3 km | 0.1 |
| Kilwinning | 18.5 km | 0.1 |
| Ardrossan | 21.3 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |