Crap Towns / Wool / Broadband
How bad is the broadband in Wool?
In January 2026, 4.7% of premises in Wool couldn't get superfast broadband (30 Mbit/s), 9.4 times the typical town's 0.5%. Every premises there could get 10 Mbit/s, the legal minimum. Gigabit broadband reached 33.6% of premises, 64% lower than 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 | 97 | 4.7% | 0.5% |
| Gigabit available | 690 | 33.6% | 93.8% |
| Town | Distance | % that can't get 30 Mbit/s |
|---|---|---|
| Merley | 21.6 km | 6.5 |
| Wool | – | 4.7 |
| Corfe Mullen | 17.4 km | 2.0 |
| Wareham | 9.1 km | 1.6 |
| Swanage | 21.4 km | 0.9 |
| Poole | 20.6 km | 0.7 |
| Upton | 15.9 km | 0.5 |
| Dorchester | 14.4 km | 0.3 |
| Weymouth | 16.7 km | 0.2 |
| Weston | 21.8 km | 0.2 |
| Blandford Forum | 19.4 km | 0.1 |
| The typical town | – | 0.5 |