Crap Towns / Rhoose / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Rhoose?
In January 2026, 1.1% of premises in Rhoose couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.2 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 97.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 33 | 1.1% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,985 | 97.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Pencoed | 17.7 km | 1.5 |
| Cardiff | 16.2 km | 1.4 |
| Llantwit Major | 9.4 km | 1.3 |
| Dinas Powis | 10.3 km | 1.2 |
| Llanharan and Brynna | 17.2 km | 1.1 |
| Rhoose | – | 1.1 |
| Church Village | 18.8 km | 0.7 |
| Penarth | 12.6 km | 0.4 |
| Barry | 6.1 km | 0.4 |
| Beddau | 18.0 km | 0.2 |
| Pontyclun | 14.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |