In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Did you check on bidb too? Often a very helpful resource.

Lol. Apparently for NN136 (Brackley, South Northants) KCOM is in the 'Not Live' section. Good to know that they plan to cover us

In reply to a post by daern:

Only when in build, it seems, as it's mostly sourced from public works notifications. Once the network is in and stable, you'll see very little activity

But it does also show which networks have coverage for your property, or nearby to your property (network is "local"), regardless of build activity.

thinkbroadband.com has its own coverage checker which can give very good indication of altnets at the postcode level, if not at the individual property level. However the postcode search doesn't work well (at least, I couldn't see how to make it work). Instead you can go to the UK broadband map, zoom into your area, and then keep clicking checkboxes until to find networks which cover you. But there are a hundred or so boxes to click!

Thinkbroadband maps from the main home page may also help as they work hard to search for providers servicing postcodes and at least will help narrow down what is likely to be available.

Google is your friend!

In reply to a post by Andrue:

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

Did you check on bidb too? Often a very helpful resource.

Lol. Apparently for NN136 (Brackley, South Northants) KCOM is in the 'Not Live' section. Good to know that they plan to cover us

I think Marcus does more than alright, given the fact that it’s based on publicly available info. Never said it was universally perfect. It’s yet another data point., as I’m sure (hopefully) you’re well aware how challenging and difficult this is to get right.

As the saying goes your mileage may vary.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

But it does also show which networks have coverage for your property, or nearby to your property (network is "local"), regardless of build activity.

It does not, at least for me and my knowledge of the local area.

In reply to a post by candlerb:

thinkbroadband.com has its own coverage checker which can give very good indication of altnets at the postcode level, if not at the individual property level. However the postcode search doesn't work well (at least, I couldn't see how to make it work). Instead you can go to the UK broadband map, zoom into your area, and then keep clicking checkboxes until to find networks which cover you. But there are a hundred or so boxes to click!

Nothing listed here, but I appreciate that this is crowd-sourced data so it's down to what people have put into it.

My point was that there's no, official single place to go to (OFCOM would seem logical?) to actually discover who might be serving your property, which seems a pretty huge hole in the system. The whole system today seems to be based (as always) on the assumption that OR are doing everything, but clearly more and more people have access to non-OR options and, indeed, as with myself, their only option might be non-OR.

Edited by daern (Wed 18-Dec-24 09:17:51)

In reply to a post by daern:

Nothing listed here, but I appreciate that this is crowd-sourced data so it's down to what people have put into it.

I believe thinkbroadband uses the official availability checker APIs, although it may be augmented by speedtest results.

Interestingly, my property now shows on bidb.uk as having Virgin Media (even though it's not in our road; closest is about half a mile away). Going to Virgin's own availability checker web page, I see the same:

Great news!

Virgin Media is available at XXXX XXX

You can get top broadband speeds of up to M0.

It then gives an empty list of available packages. Perhaps I should phone them up and ask to buy the M0 package

In reply to a post by candlerb:

It then gives an empty list of available packages. Perhaps I should phone them up and ask to buy the M0 package

Maybe they are quoting you the actual service you'll receive from them during peak evening load?

In reply to a post by daern:

In reply to a post by candlerb:

It then gives an empty list of available packages. Perhaps I should phone them up and ask to buy the M0 package

Maybe they are quoting you the actual service you'll receive from them during peak evening load?