Crap Towns / Sandy / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Sandy?
In January 2026, 1.3% of premises in Sandy couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 69 | 1.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,751 | 92.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Wixams | 13.5 km | 1.7 |
| Bedford | 11.4 km | 1.4 |
| Sandy | – | 1.3 |
| Biggleswade | 6.5 km | 1.0 |
| Stotfold | 14.1 km | 0.9 |
| Arlesey | 13.7 km | 0.7 |
| Wootton | 16.9 km | 0.7 |
| Potton | 5.4 km | 0.5 |
| Kempston | 14.0 km | 0.4 |
| St Neots | 9.8 km | 0.4 |
| Shefford | 11.4 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |