Crap Towns / Tonypandy / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Tonypandy?
In January 2026, 0.3% of premises in Tonypandy couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% lower than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 7 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 94.4% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 7 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 24 | 0.3% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 8,323 | 94.4% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Pontypridd | 8.6 km | 1.9 |
| Tonyrefail | 5.0 km | 1.2 |
| Llanharan and Brynna | 9.6 km | 1.1 |
| Aberdare | 9.8 km | 0.6 |
| Porth | 3.5 km | 0.5 |
| Abercynon | 9.2 km | 0.5 |
| Treorchy | 5.7 km | 0.3 |
| Mountain Ash | 8.4 km | 0.3 |
| Tonypandy | – | 0.3 |
| Treherbert | 9.3 km | 0.2 |
| Rhondda | 2.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |