Dawlish broadband speeds among worst in UK, data shows

By Will Goddard

13th Feb 2022 | Local News

A new 2022 dataset published on the UK Parliament website means Dawlish residents can now see how fast their internet is.

It shows average download speeds, as well as superfast and gigabit availability, and the percentage of homes that have especially slow broadband.

The data is broken down by parliamentary constituency and smaller areas.

Dawlish falls far behind the UK national average download speed of 86.5Mbps and is marked as being in the worst 30 per cent of areas in the country.

The data

Dawlish

- Average download speed (Mbps): 45.9

- Superfast availability: 89.1%

- Gigabit availability: 8.95%

- Lines receiving under 10 Mbps: 9.1%

Starcross and Exminster

- Average download speed (Mbps): 49.6

- Superfast availability: 83.9%

- Gigabit availability: 15.4%

- Lines receiving under 10 Mbps: 10.5%

Teignmouth

- Average download speed (Mbps): 42.9

- Superfast availability: 96.8%

- Gigabit availability: 3.7%

- Lines receiving under 10 Mbps: 4.9%

Kingsteignton

- Average download speed (Mbps): 89.6

- Superfast availability: 97%

- Gigabit availability: 8.1%

- Lines receiving under 10 Mbps: 10.6%

Newton Abbot

- Average download speed (Mbps): 93.8

- Superfast availability: 97.6%

- Gigabit availability: 3.9%

- Lines receiving under 10 Mbps: 6.5%

UK (average)

- Average download speed (Mbps): 86.5

- Superfast availability: 95%

- Gigabit availability: 45.7%

- Lines receiving under 10 Mbps: 7%

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