Crap Towns / Stirling / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Stirling?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Stirling couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 115 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.2% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 115 | 0.6% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 172 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 18,773 | 94.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Falkirk | 15.9 km | 1.4 |
| Denny | 11.3 km | 1.2 |
| Larbert | 11.9 km | 0.9 |
| Stirling | – | 0.9 |
| Dunblane | 7.9 km | 0.3 |
| Bonnybridge | 13.4 km | 0.3 |
| Alloa | 8.3 km | 0.3 |
| Tullibody | 6.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| Bannockburn | 3.5 km | 0.0 |
| Sauchie | 9.5 km | 0.0 |
| Stenhousemuir | 12.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |