Inconsistent broadband speed availability

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Hi
I'm possibly looking to change broadband suppliers. Over the past few weeks I've been to a few well-known websites including BT and Plusnet. They ask me for my postcode, and then they tell you the various packages that they can offer you. Sometimes I'm offered a wide range of packages going from slow (3.5-6mb) to relatively fast (60-70mb sort of speed). Then other times I check, I am only offered slow (3.5-6mb). It seems to me that when one ISP offers me lots of packages on a given day then they all do. Alternatively if it's a day when I'm only offered a slow line, that's all I will be offered from any ISP on that day. This is not scientific! It's just what I remember happening and I could easily be mistaken here. Does anyone know what's going on here, and how I can be sure what is truly available in my area?
Thanks all
Andrew
I'm possibly looking to change broadband suppliers. Over the past few weeks I've been to a few well-known websites including BT and Plusnet. They ask me for my postcode, and then they tell you the various packages that they can offer you. Sometimes I'm offered a wide range of packages going from slow (3.5-6mb) to relatively fast (60-70mb sort of speed). Then other times I check, I am only offered slow (3.5-6mb). It seems to me that when one ISP offers me lots of packages on a given day then they all do. Alternatively if it's a day when I'm only offered a slow line, that's all I will be offered from any ISP on that day. This is not scientific! It's just what I remember happening and I could easily be mistaken here. Does anyone know what's going on here, and how I can be sure what is truly available in my area?
Thanks all
Andrew
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If i go to Sky, EE, Talk Talk etc the last 12 years, i can only get up to 38meg FTTC1 but have attained 55meg for last 11 years else where and now running 500meg at less cost than BT FTTC2.
Moneysupermarket only Virgin, TT and Vodaphone show.
Uswitch only Virgin, Plusnet, TT and Now show.
GoCompare only shows BT additional to Uswitch and so on, make of it what you will.
Rather than use the individual ISP checkers, in the first instance use the wholesale checker
https://www.broadbandchecker.btwholesale.com/#/ADSL
This is the basis for what the ISP can offer ( on Openreach ) , there can occasionally be times when a single ISP doesn’t offer FTTC , even though it shows as available on the DSL checker, and other ISP do offer FTTC, that’s because the individual ISP has its own ‘capacity’ issues , nothing to do with Openreach