Crap Towns / Ventnor / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Ventnor?
In January 2026, 1.9% of premises in Ventnor couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 3.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 1 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 82.2% of premises, 12% lower than the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 1 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 77 | 1.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 3,309 | 82.2% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Freshwater and Totland | 23.9 km | 2.0 |
| Ventnor | – | 1.9 |
| Shanklin | 4.3 km | 1.1 |
| Blackfield and Langley | 26.7 km | 1.0 |
| Newport | 13.1 km | 0.9 |
| Cowes | 18.5 km | 0.4 |
| East Cowes | 17.9 km | 0.2 |
| Ryde | 14.5 km | 0.1 |
| Gosport | 23.0 km | 0.1 |
| Sandown | 6.7 km | less than 0.1 |
| Lee-on-the-Solent | 25.0 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |