Crap Towns / Stansted Mountfitchet / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Stansted Mountfitchet?
In January 2026, 6.5% of premises in Stansted Mountfitchet couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 13.0 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 182 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 85.5% of premises, 9% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 182 | 4.5% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 263 | 6.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,459 | 85.5% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Stansted Mountfitchet | – | 6.5 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 10.5 km | 3.1 |
| Harlow | 15.7 km | 2.6 |
| Hertford | 22.7 km | 1.8 |
| Saffron Walden | 13.7 km | 1.6 |
| Bishop's Stortford | 4.3 km | 0.7 |
| Takeley and Little Canfield | 6.3 km | 0.5 |
| Buntingford | 16.3 km | 0.4 |
| Hoddesdon | 21.4 km | 0.3 |
| Ware | 18.6 km | 0.3 |
| Great Dunmow | 11.1 km | 0.2 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |