Crap Towns / Tredegar / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Tredegar?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Tredegar couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 6 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 6 | 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 38 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 6,975 | 89.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Abertillery | 8.8 km | 1.8 |
| Ebbw Vale | 2.6 km | 0.7 |
| Abersychan | 13.4 km | 0.7 |
| Brynmawr | 5.5 km | 0.5 |
| Merthyr Tydfil | 9.7 km | 0.5 |
| Tredegar | – | 0.5 |
| Oakdale | 12.3 km | 0.4 |
| Blaenavon | 11.1 km | 0.4 |
| Treharris | 13.8 km | 0.3 |
| Blackwood | 12.9 km | 0.2 |
| Bargod | 10.2 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |