Crap Towns / Waterbeach / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Waterbeach?
In January 2026, every one of the 2,389 premises in Waterbeach could get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), against 0.5% that couldn't in the typical town. Gigabit broadband reached 95.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 0 | 0.0% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 2,277 | 95.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Histon and Impington | 5.7 km | 1.2 |
| Sawston | 16.7 km | 1.2 |
| Cambridge | 8.3 km | 1.2 |
| Longstanton and Northstowe | 8.6 km | 0.9 |
| Cottenham | 4.6 km | 0.9 |
| Burwell | 9.7 km | 0.8 |
| Newmarket | 15.4 km | 0.6 |
| Great Shelford and Stapleford | 14.0 km | 0.4 |
| Ely | 15.0 km | 0.3 |
| Soham | 12.5 km | 0.2 |
| Waterbeach | – | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |