Broadband in Neath Port Talbot

Gigabit availability is the number that defines this district. At 74.2%, roughly three postcodes in four can take a top-tier connection, most likely through cable network coverage given how the figures are recorded. The remaining quarter falls back on slower products. Superfast, meaning 30Mbps and up, reaches 95.3% of postcodes. That sits just under the national norm of about 97 per cent, close enough that most households will not notice the difference. The tail is short. Only 1.2% of postcodes fall below 10Mbps, the level Ofcom regards as a bare minimum for modern use, so a truly unusable connection is the exception here. Availability differs street by street, though, and the district-wide averages only tell part of it. For a household weighing up a move, the practical question is which tier a specific postcode sits in.

For most households the choice here is between a standard superfast package and a gigabit one, and which of those is on offer depends entirely on the postcode. Three in four can go straight to the fastest products, which comfortably covers video calls, streaming on several screens and large file transfers. The quarter without a gigabit option still gets adequate everyday speeds in nearly all cases, since only a small sliver of the district drops below 10Mbps.