BroadbandSwitch.uk  /broadband-deals/  QA report
Snapshot: 2026-10-01   Generated: 2026-10-01T10:40:55
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[PASS] Source export is complete  (486 rows captured, feed reported 486)
[PASS] No duplicate deal ids  (486 unique)
[PASS] Social tariffs are excluded from the ranked table  (8 segmented out)
[PASS] Business packages are excluded from the consumer table  (52 segmented out)
[PASS] Table is sorted ascending by first year cost
[PASS] Every ranked deal carries the search-switch-save tracking link
[PASS] Every ranked deal has a positive monthly price
[PASS] Every ranked deal has a download speed
[PASS] Cost model reproduces stickee full contract cost on every deal  (486 of 486 deals independently verified)
[PASS] Cheapest headline price is not a social tariff  (cheapest open market £13.50 vs cheapest social £12.50)
[PASS] Headline price is a price that runs for at least 12 months  (free or short teaser months are never used as the headline)
[PASS] Social tariffs checked against each provider's own page  (4 feed rows corrected or withheld)

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RESULT: 12 passed, 0 failed.

Dataset shape
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  Source rows in export ................... 486
  Ranked open market broadband-only ....... 340
  Consumer incl. TV and phone bundles ..... 426
  Business packages (separate section) .... 52
  Social tariffs (separate section) ....... 8
  Providers in ranked table ............... 29

Headline figures
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  Cheapest ongoing ....................... £13.50 (4th Utility)
  Lowest first year cost ................. £162.00 (4th Utility)
  Mainstream 24m full fibre band ......... £23.48 to £34.50, median £28.00
  Average of each provider's cheapest .... £22.44
  Steepest annual rise ................... £78.00 a year

Movement against 1 September 2026
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  Deals matched on provider + SKU ........ 321
  Cheaper / dearer / unchanged ........... 42 / 16 / 263
  New deals / deals gone ................. 19 / 52
  Providers joined ....................... Gigaclear, TalkTalk
  Providers left ......................... Truespeed
