Crap Towns / Staines-upon-Thames / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Staines-upon-Thames?
In January 2026, 1.5% of premises in Staines-upon-Thames couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 90.5% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 168 | 1.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 9,974 | 90.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Addlestone | 5.8 km | 5.0 |
| Ashford | 2.8 km | 3.3 |
| Ashford Common | 4.3 km | 2.0 |
| Stanwell | 3.9 km | 1.8 |
| Staines-upon-Thames | – | 1.5 |
| Shepperton | 5.4 km | 1.3 |
| Chertsey | 4.2 km | 0.8 |
| Old Windsor and Wraysbury | 6.2 km | 0.3 |
| Virginia Water | 5.5 km | 0.3 |
| Weybridge | 6.5 km | 0.2 |
| Egham | 4.2 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |