BroadbandSwitch.uk  /broadband-deals/  QA report
Snapshot: 2026-09-01   Generated: 2026-09-01T10:01:39
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[PASS] Source export is not truncated  (542 rows. A count landing exactly on 500 or a multiple of 200 means the pull stopped at a page boundary rather than the end of the feed.)
[PASS] Social tariffs are excluded from the ranked table  (8 segmented out)
[PASS] Business packages are excluded from the consumer table  (76 segmented out)
[PASS] Table is sorted ascending by first year cost
[PASS] Every ranked deal has a tracking URL
[PASS] Every ranked deal has a positive price
[PASS] Every ranked deal has a download speed
[PASS] First year cost is never below twelve months at the headline price
[PASS] Cost model reproduces stickee full contract cost on every deal  (542 deals independently verified)
[PASS] Cheapest headline price is not a social tariff  (cheapest open market £13.50 vs cheapest social £12.50)
[PASS] History file contains this snapshot  (542 rows across 1 snapshots)

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RESULT: 11 passed, 0 failed.

Dataset shape
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  Source rows in export .................. 542
  Ranked open market broadband-only ...... 373
  Consumer incl. TV and phone bundles .... 458
  Business packages (separate section) ... 76
  Social tariffs (separate section) ...... 8
  Providers in ranked table .............. 28

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 ......... £23.00 to £34.00, median £28.00
  Average of each provider's cheapest .... £22.30
  Steepest annual rise ................... £78.00 a year

Movement: no earlier snapshot in history yet.  Next month's run will produce a comparison.