Broadband in North Somerset

Fibre is the story. At 83.3% of postcodes, North Somerset's full fibre coverage clears the roughly seven in ten premises passed nationally by a wide margin, and the gigabit figure matches it exactly, which suggests fibre rather than cable is doing the gigabit work. BS41 tops the table with fibre recorded in more than nine in ten postcodes, and BS22 and BS49 sit just under nine in ten.

Even the weaker codes hold up. BS3 records fibre in half its postcodes, BS13 in six out of ten and BS25 at about three quarters. Superfast availability runs at 94.6%, a little below the UK's near-universal norm, the one slightly soft number in an otherwise strong set. For households comparing addresses, the fibre gap between BS41 and BS3 is the figure to look at first.

A district where fibre is the default changes the buying decision. Most movers can assume a full fibre option exists and compare providers on price and contract terms rather than availability. The half-covered BS3 and six-in-ten BS13 are the caveat, since availability there still varies postcode by postcode. With gigabit and fibre figures aligned at just over 83%, choosing a fast package in North Somerset is mostly a question of what you want to pay.