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The advertised speed in your area and the speed you will actually get can be different things entirely. What the coverage figures mean, and the checks to do before you commit.
Everyone checks broadband. Almost nobody checks whether their phone works indoors — and it is the one you notice on day one. Here is how to check properly, and why a council-level figure is not the whole answer.
Coverage figures describe what you could order, not what you would get. Here is the difference between availability, advertised speed and the speed that arrives at your desk.
Freeview is not one thing. Depending on which mast serves your address, you get the full line-up or roughly a third of it — and you usually find out after you have moved in.
