As of 13 August 2026, AI can only partly compare broadband deals at your new address.
This still needs a person who signs their name to it.
Can you do it?
5 minutesto a draft.
30 minutesto something you’d act on.
Cost, all in£0
Skill neededchat-fluent
Who has to check ityou
What the alternative costsThe available tool data gives no price for a broadband comparison service.
If this goes wrong: you choose an unavailable or unsuitable contract and have to resolve the problem with the provider.
What to actually do
Hand it to a person
The route this page recommends
A person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.
Use a tool built for this
Second choiceDo it yourself
The distant thirdA chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.
How to actually do it
- Open the official availability checkers for the broadband providers you are considering and enter the exact new address, keeping a record of the results for that address.
- Write down your maximum monthly budget, minimum download and upload speeds, acceptable contract length, and any need for reliable home working, gaming, streaming, a landline or a TV bundle.
- Copy the current offer details from each provider's official result or product page, including price, speed, contract length, setup cost, price changes, installation conditions, router details and exit terms.
- Paste those results and your priorities into the prompt, removing unnecessary personal information and telling the model to treat missing details as unknown.
- Ask the model to produce the comparison table and shortlist, then open the official checkout page for each shortlisted deal and compare every listed term with the model's table.
- Order only after the provider's final checkout page confirms availability, price, speed, contract length, installation arrangements and any price changes for your address.
Prompt
Compare the broadband deals in the provider results below for my new UK address. Do not invent availability, speeds, prices, fees, installation dates or contract terms. Use only the information I provide, and mark anything missing as unknown. Put the results in a table with provider, technology, download speed, upload speed, monthly price, contract length, setup or installation cost, advertised extras, price changes, exit conditions and any important restrictions. Then rank the deals for my priorities, explaining each trade-off. Separate confirmed facts from your judgement. Flag every detail I must confirm on the provider's official checkout page before ordering. My priorities: - Address or postcode checked by the provider: [INSERT THE CHECKED ADDRESS OR POSTCODE] - Preferred monthly budget: [INSERT BUDGET OR WRITE NO FIXED BUDGET] - Minimum download speed: [INSERT REQUIREMENT] - Need for upload speed, gaming, streaming or home working: [INSERT REQUIREMENTS] - Contract length I will accept: [INSERT REQUIREMENT] - Need for a landline, TV service, router or other features: [INSERT REQUIREMENTS] Provider results and terms: [PASTE THE RESULTS FROM THE PROVIDERS' OFFICIAL CHECKERS AND PRODUCT PAGES HERE] Do not recommend a deal unless its availability and terms are supported by the pasted results.
Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.
What it gets wrong
- AI cannot see the provider's live address checker unless you supply the result or give it access to a suitable browsing tool.
- AI cannot guarantee that an advertised deal remains available when you reach checkout.
- AI cannot resolve conflicting availability results between providers or explain an address-specific infrastructure issue without the provider.
- AI cannot choose the right trade-off between price, speed, contract length and reliability unless you state what matters most.
- AI cannot accept responsibility for the broadband contract you order.
What caps this at PARTLY: real time truth, verification cost and judgement under ambiguity.
How we scored this
Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.
| Axis | Score (0–2) |
|---|---|
| Output | 1 |
| Inputs | 1 |
| Verification | 1 |
| Liability | 1 |
| Effort delta | 1 |
| Total | 5 / 10 |
The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.
FAQ
- Can ChatGPT check broadband availability at my new address?
- It can help you interpret availability results, but you should enter your address into each provider's official checker yourself. Give the chatbot the resulting speeds and offers, then check its comparison against the provider's checkout page.
- Can AI find me the cheapest broadband deal?
- AI can sort the prices you provide and identify the cheapest listed option. It cannot prove that the deal is available at your address or that the total cost and contract terms are the best unless you check the provider's current offer.
- Is it safe to give AI my new address to compare broadband?
- A postcode or address is personal information, so use it only where necessary and avoid pasting unrelated details into a chatbot. The safer method is to use the address in the provider's official checker and give the chatbot the resulting broadband details.
- What should I check before ordering broadband at a new address?
- Check the provider's final page for availability, download and upload speeds, monthly price, contract length, setup costs, installation arrangements, router details and any future price changes. Make sure the final offer is for the correct property, not just the wider postcode.
Nearby answers
Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.
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