Crap Towns / Upton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Upton?
In January 2026, 0.5% of premises in Upton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), about the same as the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 89.8% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | 0.4% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 21 | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,436 | 89.8% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Merley | 6.4 km | 6.5 |
| Wool | 15.9 km | 4.7 |
| Corfe Mullen | 3.1 km | 2.0 |
| Ferndown | 11.8 km | 1.9 |
| Wareham | 7.9 km | 1.6 |
| Swanage | 14.3 km | 0.9 |
| Poole | 5.3 km | 0.7 |
| Bournemouth | 10.8 km | 0.7 |
| Upton | – | 0.5 |
| West Moors | 14.3 km | 0.5 |
| Wimborne Minster | 8.8 km | 0.5 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |