Crap Towns / Soham / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Soham?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Soham couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 87.5% of premises, 7% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 11 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 4,300 | 87.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Histon and Impington | 18.1 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 20.0 km | 1.2 |
| Cottenham | 15.8 km | 0.9 |
| Burwell | 6.3 km | 0.8 |
| Littleport | 13.8 km | 0.7 |
| Mildenhall | 11.5 km | 0.6 |
| Newmarket | 10.6 km | 0.6 |
| Ely | 9.1 km | 0.3 |
| Soham | – | 0.2 |
| Red Lodge | 10.9 km | 0.1 |
| Waterbeach | 12.5 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |