Crap Towns / Sittingbourne / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Sittingbourne?
In January 2026, 0.8% of premises in Sittingbourne couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.6 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 71 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.9% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 71 | 0.3% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 199 | 0.8% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 23,013 | 92.9% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Maidstone | 17.4 km | 2.7 |
| Coxheath | 19.9 km | 1.8 |
| Rochester | 18.0 km | 1.5 |
| Faversham | 11.0 km | 1.3 |
| Minster | 9.5 km | 1.3 |
| Gillingham | 11.0 km | 1.1 |
| Sheerness | 10.0 km | 1.0 |
| Sittingbourne | – | 0.8 |
| Chatham | 14.4 km | 0.7 |
| Bearsted | 14.4 km | 0.4 |
| Hoo St Werburgh | 15.0 km | 0.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |