Broadband availability

The three most accessible and popular types of home broadband in the UK at the moment are ADSL and Cable, which is also known as fibre optic broadband. Click on our postcode checker to see if you can get cable or ADSL in your area and find out what speeds you can look forward to.

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Our postcode checker looks at your area via a postcode or telephone number search and can show you (in real time) whether your BT exchange can offer broadband. You can also check whether Virgin Media currently services your area with cable broadband.

ADSL and cable are slightly different, as explained below:

ADSL:

Offered by nearly every UK broadband provider, this is the most popular form of receiving broadband. ADSL reaches 99% of UK homes. ADSL (Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line) is a data communications technology which enables faster data transmission over a copper telephone line than a modem alone can provide.

Due to the difference in frequency, it is now possible to use a phone line at the same time as using the internet with absolutely no interference between the two. You can use our website to compare coverage, availability and price of ADSL broadband.

Looking to set up an ADSL broadband connection? Click here for the best ADSL Broadband packages.

Cable:

Cable is the system of providing television, telephone and broadband through the use of physical, fibre-optic cable. Currently, the UK’s only cable broadband company is Virgin Media, which has cable lines throughout many areas in the UK.

Unfortunately to receive cable you will need to be living in one of these areas. Presently, cable is only accessible to 12.6 million homes in the UK. You can compare Virgin Media’s cable broadband deals at Top 10 Broadband.

Click here to find the best cable broadband deal for you.

Enter your postcode into our Postcode checker to see whether you can access ADSL or cable.