Crap Towns / Wolverhampton / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wolverhampton?
In January 2026, 0.7% of premises in Wolverhampton couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 40% higher than the typical town's 0.5%. Of those, 15 couldn't even get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 98.0% of premises, about the same as the typical town's 93.8%.
| Broadband | Premises | Share | Typical town |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can't get 10 Mbit/s | 15 | less than 0.1% | 0.0% |
| Can't get 30 Mbit/s | 735 | 0.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 104,523 | 98.0% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Featherstone | 6.8 km | 3.9 |
| Codsall | 6.0 km | 2.8 |
| Wolverhampton | – | 0.7 |
| Wombourne | 7.5 km | 0.4 |
| Bilston | 4.7 km | 0.1 |
| Perton | 5.0 km | 0.1 |
| Coseley | 6.3 km | 0.1 |
| Willenhall | 6.0 km | 0.1 |
| Darlaston | 6.8 km | less than 0.1 |
| Tipton | 7.5 km | less than 0.1 |
| Sedgley | 6.8 km | 0.0 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |