Crap Towns / Reading / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Reading?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Reading couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 19 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 96.7% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 19 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 236 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 87,394 | 96.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Wokingham | 9.6 km | 1.4 |
| Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross | 5.1 km | 0.9 |
| Twyford | 8.3 km | 0.6 |
| Shinfield | 3.9 km | 0.4 |
| Reading | – | 0.3 |
| Caversham | 4.1 km | 0.1 |
| Woodley | 4.4 km | 0.1 |
| Henley-on-Thames | 10.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| Winnersh | 5.9 km | less than 0.1 |
| Burghfield Common | 8.8 km | 0.0 |
| Sonning Common | 8.7 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |