Crap Towns / Southend-on-Sea / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Southend-on-Sea?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in Southend-on-Sea couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 10 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.1% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 10 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 161 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 86,903 | 98.1% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Burnham-on-Crouch | 11.9 km | 1.1 |
| South Woodham Ferrers | 11.6 km | 0.5 |
| Canvey Island | 9.1 km | 0.5 |
| Great Wakering | 7.2 km | 0.5 |
| Rayleigh | 8.1 km | 0.5 |
| Thundersley and South Benfleet | 8.6 km | 0.3 |
| Ashingdon | 6.1 km | 0.2 |
| Hockley and Hawkwell | 6.2 km | 0.2 |
| Southend-on-Sea | – | 0.2 |
| Rochford | 3.5 km | 0.1 |
| Hullbridge | 9.3 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |