Crap Towns / Sidmouth / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Sidmouth?
In January 2026, 1.4% of premises in Sidmouth couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 2.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 67.0% of premises, 29% lower than 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 | 105 | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 5,162 | 67.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cullompton | 21.3 km | 3.4 |
| Exeter | 19.4 km | 2.3 |
| Ottery St Mary | 7.2 km | 2.1 |
| Honiton | 11.8 km | 1.9 |
| Axminster | 19.9 km | 1.6 |
| Sidmouth | – | 1.4 |
| Seaton | 11.8 km | 1.1 |
| Dawlish | 19.8 km | 0.7 |
| Exmouth | 13.1 km | 0.3 |
| Budleigh Salterton | 9.5 km | 0.1 |
| Teignmouth | 23.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |