Crap Towns / St Ives / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in St Ives?
In January 2026, 0.2% of premises in St Ives couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 60% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 4 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 95.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 4 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 15 | 0.2% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,046 | 95.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Cambourne | 12.9 km | 2.6 |
| Histon and Impington | 15.7 km | 1.2 |
| Chatteris | 15.9 km | 1.1 |
| Godmanchester | 6.5 km | 1.0 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 11.0 km | 0.9 |
| Cottenham | 14.5 km | 0.9 |
| Huntingdon | 7.3 km | 0.8 |
| Brampton | 10.9 km | 0.7 |
| St Neots | 17.9 km | 0.4 |
| St Ives | – | 0.2 |
| Ramsey | 13.0 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |