Crap Towns / Wisbech / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wisbech?
In January 2026, 0.9% of premises in Wisbech couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 1.8 times the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 28 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 92.3% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 28 | 0.2% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 118 | 0.9% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 12,419 | 92.3% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Holbeach | 18.6 km | 1.3 |
| Eye | 24.6 km | 1.3 |
| King's Lynn | 20.1 km | 1.3 |
| Long Sutton | 13.3 km | 1.1 |
| March | 13.6 km | 1.1 |
| Chatteris | 24.8 km | 1.1 |
| Spalding | 25.0 km | 1.1 |
| Wisbech | – | 0.9 |
| Whittlesey | 22.7 km | 0.7 |
| Littleport | 25.3 km | 0.7 |
| Downham Market | 16.2 km | less than 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |