Crap Towns / St Ives / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in St Ives?
In January 2026, 4.7% of premises in St Ives couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 9.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 49.7% of premises, 47% 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 | 230 | 4.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,437 | 49.7% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Penryn | 26.9 km | 9.1 |
| Penzance | 10.7 km | 8.6 |
| Falmouth | 29.5 km | 7.6 |
| Newquay | 37.8 km | 6.2 |
| Helston | 19.5 km | 5.3 |
| Camborne | 13.5 km | 4.9 |
| St Ives | – | 4.7 |
| Pool and Illogan | 16.1 km | 4.3 |
| Truro | 31.4 km | 4.1 |
| Redruth | 18.8 km | 3.6 |
| Hayle | 5.7 km | 2.3 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |